House of Drums

In Zaire, the locals whisper about a hermetic mountain tribe rumored to have the ability to transfer the entirety of its dying elders' knowledge directly into the minds of its younger members. Legend has it that the Shantu were visited by a traveling Hindu raja, who engaged in a series of spiritual debates with their chief regarding the nature of the soul. The chief believed that the soul was contained within the flesh; therefore one could absorb the strength of an enemy by eating his heart...