Gabriel Estêvão Monjane 4517756 216398220 2008-06-01T13:36:02Z 62.56.64.200 '''Gabriel Estêvão Monjane''' (1944 – 1990) is one of only a dozen individuals in medical history to have reached 8 feet or more in height. He remains perhaps the tallest [[Africa]]n yet known. Born in [[Manjacaze]], [[Mozambique]], Monjane's abnormal growth, attributed to an overactive [[pituitary gland]], started soon after birth. By the time he was 17, Mojane stood 7 feet 10 inches. He joined a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[circus]] around this age, and was billed as 8 feet 8.3 inches. When measured officially in 1987, Mojane was attributed with the height of 8 feet and three quarters of an inch. During his lifetime, especially late into his life, Mojane suffered leg problems and once crippled himself after falling and breaking his hip. The ''[[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]]'' stated that he was the tallest living man in their 1988 edition. Monjane died in January 1990 after a fall at his home, after which [[Suleiman Ali Nashnush]], another African, became the tallest living man. == See also == * [[List of tallest people‎]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Monjane, Gabriel Estêvão}} {{Mozambique-bio-stub}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:1990 deaths]] [[Category:People with gigantism]] [[Category:Circus performers]] [[Category:Mozambican people]]