Kano, thank you for that post, it's very much appreciated. I think it says a lot when the people Bell hunted among still respect him after all this time.

I don't know if its so much attacking an icon, Tophet1...that always happens anyway. It just irks me when ability and character are denigrated on little-to-no solid evidence, so I wanted to find out the real story, from people with African experience. I was thinking there were stories circulating I was unaware of, or something.

I was rereading Pondoro lately, and he certainly had a high opinion of Bell. He also would be qualified to judge, I should think!