![]() By then a number of civil wars were raging, and the family’s residence was often in the line of fire. Tamar and her family fled the Congo, but returned a year later. There followed a period of retribution (for heinous crimes committed against the Congolese by the Belgians) in which many Whites were killed. In 1960 the Congo, which had been a Belgian colony, became an independent nation. ![]() Other dangers she encountered as a child were cobras, deadly green mambas, and the voracious armies of driver ants that ate every animal (and human) that didn’t get out of their way. She attended a boarding school that was two days away by truck, and sometimes it was necessary to wade through crocodile infested waters to reach it. Tamar grew up eating elephant, hippopotamus and even monkey. ![]() Because of her pale blue eyes, Tamar’s nickname was Ugly Eyes. ![]() Hers was the first white family ever to peacefully coexist with the tribe, and Tamar grew up fluent in the local trade language. Her parents were missionaries to a tribe which, at that time, were known as headhunters and used human skulls for drinking cups. Tamar Myers was born and raised in the Belgian Congo (now just the Congo). ![]()
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