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Africa: a tip for African leaders

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 @ 18:24 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Kenya, Central African Republic, South Africa, Uganda
Topics:: Film, Politics

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Kenyan Entrepreneur knows want it takes for an African leader to be remembered: “If your an African leader who wants to be remembered in history, you either have to be a complete nutcase like Idi Amin or Emperor Bokassa or you have to be a complete hero like Nelson Mandela. There is no middle ground. That's why Moi will never have a movie made about him–he was neither a nutcase nor a hero. He was just a below average dictator who presided over another poor African country.”

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