There are 5 article(s) tagged Prince Mongo:

• April 2026

  • Prince Mongo sells historic Front Street building for $1.25 million

    Built in 1875, the building is across the street from the under-construction Memphis Art Museum.

    By Andy Ashby April 09, 2026

• September 2025

  • Ask the Memphian: Who is Prince Mongo? And he’s from where?

    Robert Hodges, otherwise known as Prince Mongo from the planet Zambodia, has irked as many Memphians as he’s charmed throughout the years. But in an odd quirk of fate, he may well have changed Memphis history.

    By Jody Callahan September 30, 2025

• July 2024

  • Who the heck is Prince Mongo? And he ran for Memphis mayor?!

    For Memphis newcomers, the idea of an “alien prince” who calls the Bluff City home may seem stranger than fiction. During his brushes with the law and various elections, Mongo would often wear green body paint, a silver wig and a loincloth — but never any shoes. 

    By Jody Callahan July 08, 2024

• April 2021

  • Sanford: Judge Harry Wellford left a legacy of leadership in politics and the law

    The judge deserves to be remembered as one of the most consequential public figures in Memphis during the second half of the 20th century, says Otis Sanford.

    By Otis Sanford April 30, 2021

• September 2019

  • Central Gardens Home Tour still looks great in its early 40s

    Central Gardens in the mid-’70s might have been described as “shabby chic.” You could still buy something on Peabody or Lemaster for less than $50,000. Today, Realtor.com puts the median listing price in Central Gardens at $372,400.

    By Jill Johnson Piper September 06, 2019