Thomas Wier wrote:
> Alan Clark was one of Thatcher's foreign ministers during the mid 80's.
> He passed away recently; here's one online (unorthodox) obituary:
>
(snip most of touching tribute)
>There are quite a few things the
> obituaries didn't mention. In the mid eighties Clark referred to
> Africa as "bongo-bongo land".
>
Most likely he (like me) was influenced by the pop song of the late
40s/early 50s "Civilization (Take it away!)" (frequent mentions on google)
which began--
"Bongo-bongo-bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo...."