The Madmen of Africa

These men are the cream of a large crop of megalomanic and psychotic 'leaders' that have plagued the African continent for the past forty years. The heartache, misery and suffering caused by these men is truly appalling.

In order of appearance:
Mobutu Sese Seko, Sani Abacha, Idi Amin Dada, Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Siad Barre, Jean Bedel Bokassa, P.W. Botha, Gnassingbe Eyadema, Muammar Gaddafi, Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Robert Mugabe, Macias Nguema, Jonas Savimbi, Ian Smith and Charles Taylor.

The $300,000,000 Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro represents the squandering of the continents resources by these lunatics.

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1. Two acres of hand-blown French stained glass windows.
2. Individual air conditioning ducts at each of the 7000 seats.
3. On the average Sunday about 200 people attend mass in the largest church on earth.
4. Four of the basilica's 272 gargantuan columns contain elevators that can carry 10 people to a balcony beneath the dome.
5. 7.4 acre marble-floored courtyard