OUTRAGEOUS DICTATORS' HOMES: Mobutu Sese Seko

Originally published at: OUTRAGEOUS DICTATORS’ HOMES: Mobutu Sese Seko – TimeGhost

Zaire’s president Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled the country 1965-1997, was one authoritarian leader who never forgot his roots. In fact, he built an enormous palace 1,000 km away from Kinshasa, his capital, deep in the rainforests of the Congo by the village where his family came from, Gbadolite. This is one of the least accessible…

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