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Assicia, the Liberian Monkey Girl

Assicia emerges from the forest

Some time before 1940, Assicia appeared from the virgin forest in Liberia, and is assumed to have been brought up by chimpanzees. Assicia moved around on all fours, on knees and fingertips, with ankles bent, scratched herself in the manner of a monkey, and uttered quivering cries.

Assicia (Sylvana) never spoke

Assicia was renamed Sylvana (presumably because of her forest origins), never learnt to speak, and her favourite food was bananas.

Read more about Assicia

Assicia receives extensive coverage in Le Livre des Enfants Sauvages by André Demaison; indeed, most of the book is given over to her.