James Harris was a former professional wrestler who went by the ring name Kamala and was billed as “The Ugandan Giant.”Harris had worked as a truck driver and picked cotton – occasionally resorting to petty crime – before he discovered his potential as a professional wrestler.
He initially wrestled under the names Sugar Bear Harris and the Mississippi Mauler before developing his Kamala character. It was while Harris was being mentored by wrestling promoter Jerry Lawler that “The Ugandan Giant” was born, Lawler’s idea to make Harris into an exotic and fearsome opponent.
His face and torso painted, the 6’7”, 380-pound Harris wore a leopard-print skirt, carried a spear, and spoke in grunts and roars, supposedly unable to understand English..
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