# Mbonga — Tarzan of the Apes character guide

> Mbonga in Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** wise old Mbonga

**First appearance:** 0022-xxi-the-village-of-torture

## Who they are

Chief of the cannibal village in the jungle.

## In the story

### [X: The Fear-Phantom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/x-the-fear-phantom)

The king and father of Kulonga, who examines the hut and is filled with wrath and superstitious fear.

### [XI: King of the Apes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xi-king-of-the-apes)

The village chief; the captive is tied before his hut.

### [XII: Man's Reason](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xii-man-s-reason)

The black chief who considers abandoning the village due to Tarzan's raids.

### [His Own Kind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xiii-his-own-kind)

The wise old chief who orders food and arrow offerings to appease the 'Munan-go-Keewati' (Tarzan) after the deaths of his warriors.

### [The Village of Torture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xxi-the-village-of-torture)

Leader of the village; presides over the torture ritual of D'Arnot.

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