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The Coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere, a former nurse's aide in the United States, as king of Uganda  - October 19, 2009

                                            
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A group of local boy scouts march ahead of the coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
                                            
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Charles Wesley Mumbere show the coat of arms of his kingdom during an interview at his house in Kasese, Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 hours before he was crowned king of the ethnic group the Bakonjo people in the Rwenzururu district of western Uganda. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
                               
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People walk through the woods to attend the coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as King of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
                                          
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A group of local boy scouts march ahead of the coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
                                          
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A girl sleeps in her mothers lap at the coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as King of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
                                               
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Men play the flute ahead of the coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as King of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
                                              
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Traditional dancers perform at a traffic circle during the coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
                                  
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Tom Stacey a British author and historian on the Rwezururu people wait under a banana leave to be granted access to the coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
                           
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Tom Stacey, center, a British author and historian on the Rwezururu people and his grandson Tom Stacey wait with other dignitaries under a banana leave to be granted access to the coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
                               
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Thousands of people attend the coronation of Charles Wesley Mumbere as king of Rwenzururu in Kasese in western Uganda, Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. An African man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in the United States, caring for the elderly and sick, is back in his homeland after he was crowned king of his people in the mountains of western Uganda.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
                                       

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