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Some years ago I was in East Africa and took a steamer on Lake Tanganyika. The captain said that this ship was the "Louisa." His story was that it had been damaged by a bomb (bundle of dynamite?) dropped on it by a Belgian seaplane. The Germans decided to scuttle the ship but before doing that coated the machinery with grease. After the war the ship was raised, cleaned, and put back in service. As far as I know, it's still plying its way around the lake.

I found support for this story later on when I read a book about the British expedition that brought the two gunboats mentioned in the article to Lake Tanganyika. The book described the expedition which began in Great Britain. The gunboats were shipped in parts to Cape Town along with steam engines for transportation, lots of supplies, and personnel. After hauling the boats across Africa (it was a heckuva job!), the British arrived at Lake Tanganyika and proceeded to assemble the gunboats. The Belgians arrived around the same time with their seaplane and the gunboats were never put to use.

Of course, I don't remember any details about the book. I think the Lieutenant in charge of the expedition was named Spencer of something like that... I'd sure appreciate it of someone could identify that book. Then maybe this info could be added to the actual article.

Jerry 01:30, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi Jerry. Sounds a good story worthy of another CS Forester type novel. Just found it on Amazon UK. "Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure: The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika" by Giles Foden in 2004 and on its way to me. 1 in stock several second hand --Nick Green 21:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Historical Context should be rewritten and shortened 2 Disneyland connection 3 An African Queen 4 Bogart and Hepburn 5 White Hunter Black Heart 6 Plot summary 7 Clean-up 8 The film on the main page?

[edit] Historical Context should be rewritten and shortened

The section "Historical Context" is too long because it contains material that should be elsewhere. Many of its sentences strike me as speculative rather than strictly historical. Finally, the style contains many infelicities.202.36.179.65 14:42, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Disneyland connection

I've heard that Disneyland's "Jungle Cruise" ride is loosely based on "The African Queen". Is this true? If so, shouldn't this ba added to the main article? -Bootstrap Bill

[edit] An African Queen

I do not feel the addition of a plug for the below film is appropriate in the main body of the article about the classic film

"An African Queen is a new modern film of romance, adventure, love and human character all set in lush location filming in Tanzania. It follows the adventures of a crusty dyed-in-the-wool ‘bachelor’, Charlie Allnuts (Udo Keir) and his nemesis, Roy Sayer (Lenny Henry), in Modern Africa. The pair struggle against the climate, the river, the bugs, the homophobic attitude of the locals and, most of all, against each other. And in the end, love and strength of character overcome all. Based loosely on the original ‘African Queen’ and directed by one of India’s up and coming female directors Ewah Neeb Dah the film is being produced by Lirpaloof Films of Mumbai. Romulus Films, producers of the original African Queen have refused to be associated with the film – a spokesman for the company said that the whole project was very ‘tacky’. Location shooting starts on the first Sunday of April 2007."

[edit] Bogart and Hepburn

I'm curious if there is any information regarding the working relationship of Bogart and Hepburn on this movie? Did they enjoy working with one another, etc. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jaedglass (talk • contribs) 01:51, 12 May 2007 (UTC).

You might try Katharine Hepburns's book The Making of The African Queen: Or, How I Went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind. I've never read the book, but is should be used as a reference here. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 14:02, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] White Hunter Black Heart

There should be some reference to White Hunter Black Heart. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 14:09, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot summary

The plot summary is a tad overlong but not excessively so in my opinion, so I've removed the {{plot}} tag. --Tony Sidaway 04:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clean-up

I gat here from article slated for cleanup. In my opinion it doesn't need it. The tags on the disputed section should also be removed, as no-one else has complained about the problems.

I usually find there are far more things to clean up in articles I find at random in wiki, than in the clean up pages

Is anyone listening? Chasnor15 (talk) 21:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

This concerns POV tag cleanup. Whenever an POV tag is placed, it is necessary to also post a message in the discussion section stating clearly why it is thought the article does not comply with POV guidelines, and suggestions for how to improve it. This permits discussion and consensus among editors. This is a drive-by tag, which is discouraged in WP, and it shall be removed. Future tags should have discussion posted as to why the tag was placed, and how the topic might be improved. Better yet, edit the topic yourself with the improvements. This statement is not a judgement of content, it is only a cleanup of frivolously and/or arbitrarily placed tags. No discussion, no tag.Jjdon (talk) 00:11, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The film on the main page?

The article about the film adaptation is titled The African Queen, while the one about the original novel is called The African Queen (novel). It takes two clicks to get there from here, and there isn't even anything on this page to tell you that the article about the book exists. Can this possibly be justifiable? David Arthur (talk) 02:00, 26 May 2008 (UTC)