Mobutu Sese Seko: Corruption and Murder in the Heart of Africa

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Biographics

Biographics

Жыл бұрын

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@Biographics
@Biographics Жыл бұрын
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@rainerkinzinger555
@rainerkinzinger555 Жыл бұрын
Simon, make a video about the corruption of President Biden, and one for the shady and frankly disgusting things hunter has done! That would be an interesting video
@pumpthebrakes
@pumpthebrakes Жыл бұрын
Does it taste like pond scum? Green supplements usually do…
@ash.bl.9289
@ash.bl.9289 Жыл бұрын
Hey Biographic, Can you do a biography on Abdol Hossein Sardari? He is considered the Schindler of Iran and managed to save many Jews in occupied France by convincing the Nazis, with their own ideology, that Iranian Jews are Aryans like Iranians
@paulmeredith2037
@paulmeredith2037 Жыл бұрын
Hi Simon can you please do a video Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE he was a British humanitarian who helped to rescue jewish children who were at risk from Nazi Germany just months before the start of World War II he saved 669 children all of them would’ve probably have been killed by the Nazis if he hadn’t got them out please do a video on this man thank you Paul.
@JulianPerez-it9sm
@JulianPerez-it9sm Жыл бұрын
I can see your almost at episode 600 of Biographics. Are you going to do something special for it?
@puppo1848
@puppo1848 Жыл бұрын
The best part of this video is the sheer pain on Simon's face as he drank that swamp water product and still having to say how amazing it was for the ad read
@Chris.Pontius
@Chris.Pontius Жыл бұрын
It's the only ad I actually watch because I know how disgusted his face looks when he's forced to take a sip of that sewage.
@yujirohanma5199
@yujirohanma5199 Жыл бұрын
That was a heck of a CRINGE when he took that sip. Poor Simon, putting his life on the line for his job.
@jackiegillyard758
@jackiegillyard758 Жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly
@conbot
@conbot Жыл бұрын
Lmfao dude was in pain after that sip.
@violetbluejay
@violetbluejay Жыл бұрын
"I take it with my coffee" Yeah because black coffee might be the only thing that tastes strong enough to have a chance to overpower whatever gutter runoff was in that bottle
@RDSyafriyar
@RDSyafriyar Жыл бұрын
"If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little." - Mobutu Sese Seko
@Ruosteinenknight
@Ruosteinenknight Жыл бұрын
In other life, Mobutu might've made quite a career in Wall Street.
@nybotheveg
@nybotheveg Жыл бұрын
Weird quote by someone who stole 5 billion.
@oratiletsimatsima9643
@oratiletsimatsima9643 Жыл бұрын
@@nybotheveg I once read somewhere that it was actually 40 billion.
@bezllama3325
@bezllama3325 Жыл бұрын
@@nybotheveg He did it just a million at a time I guess
@oscardjilo2303
@oscardjilo2303 3 ай бұрын
The actual translation is: "If you must steal! Then you should be considerate, do not empty the jar all at once but rather do it a step at a time”… Mobutu was a cynical man, He actually believed his own BS
@duncanmcgee13
@duncanmcgee13 Жыл бұрын
"Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely" - Lord Acton
@nogi2167
@nogi2167 Жыл бұрын
“What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals. When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.” ― Robert A. Caro
@theCongoleseDude
@theCongoleseDude Жыл бұрын
Simon, you don't know how grateful I am for making this video. Thank you to you and your entire team. I am a Congolese, born and bred. And this video is a nightmare relived time and time again.
@hanbyeol12
@hanbyeol12 Жыл бұрын
sese seke salongo oye
@JHG875
@JHG875 Жыл бұрын
You prefer the way the country became after he was overthrown?
@lucycamo4664
@lucycamo4664 Жыл бұрын
This dude is gay
@tremere26
@tremere26 Жыл бұрын
@@JHG875 that is like having to chose between living with one arm or one leg. Both suck. But lets not forget, the country is in the situation it is because of Mobutu.
@himeezembikahorongo1071
@himeezembikahorongo1071 8 ай бұрын
dont fool by a white ma telling your own history. There many alive today and do you own research.
@filososabke
@filososabke Жыл бұрын
It is unfortunate that as a Belgian we learn more about our colonial past from KZbin than in school. So thank you for helping us understand more about a past nobody should be proud of...
@m.e.5482
@m.e.5482 Жыл бұрын
Yaaa ive heard yall were da smallest yet da worst in these times
@ourmartin
@ourmartin Жыл бұрын
This is the mindset needed by all prior colonial powers, we should not celebrate our dark pasts
@noreply-7069
@noreply-7069 10 ай бұрын
@@ourmartin No one is celebrating it. Quite the opposite, it is used as an argument, an excuse to get revenge on these nations by mass migration from former colonies. It's funny when migration is used as revenge but diversity is still our strength.
@samwindmill8264
@samwindmill8264 Жыл бұрын
I first became interested in Mobutu and the history of the Congo because of the many Congolese people I work with. I've heard that at one point, TV news in Zaire opened with a graphic of him descending from heavenly clouds, and that at one point they were forbidden from referring to anyone else by name besides Mobutu.
@naoyanaraharjo4693
@naoyanaraharjo4693 Жыл бұрын
You can see the footage of it on NewAfrica is video on him
@hanbyeol12
@hanbyeol12 Жыл бұрын
The last part is baseless drivel, honestly, that people were forbidden on TV from referring to anyone else by name. If you follow soukous, like Luambo Makiadi, he was always on TeleZaire (with Lukunku mostly) and always sings songs with names other than Mobutu.
@davidchrismasamba2491
@davidchrismasamba2491 Жыл бұрын
Search “Mobutu King of Zaire” documentary on youtube. Very detailed.
@davidchrismasamba2491
@davidchrismasamba2491 Жыл бұрын
@@hanbyeol12 yeah. I think what she meant was the term “Citoyen” meaning “Citizen”. No one was called Sir, Mr or prefixes of this sort. Instead we were referring to people as “Citizen”, followed by their African name (no European names allowed for Zairians), For example, Citizen Masamba.
@hanbyeol12
@hanbyeol12 Жыл бұрын
@@davidchrismasamba2491 nayebi roi du zaire... ezali ya solo te mpo na nini réalisateur belge azalaka lokuta boye?
@Kaltagstar96
@Kaltagstar96 Жыл бұрын
This would make me want to see more videos done about lesser known dictators and despots, like Africa's 'Napoleon' Jean Bedel Bokassa, who blew most of the Central African Republic's budget on a Napoleon cosplay during a lavish coronation or Francisco Macias Nguema, who ruled Equatorial Guinea and had people shot by people dressed as Santa Clause while 'Those Were The Days' were played over loud speakers.
@aloshyreji4313
@aloshyreji4313 Жыл бұрын
His son is on Instagram
@ignitionfrn2223
@ignitionfrn2223 Жыл бұрын
Indeed, we need more *diversity* in dictatorships !
@PhantomEagle..
@PhantomEagle.. Жыл бұрын
Yeah both of those dictators we're nut cases. Also Those were the days was a pretty good song I'm not gonna lie
@armandotalampas4800
@armandotalampas4800 Жыл бұрын
More African leaders please.... Rhodesia's Ian Smith, Tanzania's Julius Nyerere, Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, Ethiopia's Mengistu Haile Mariam, South Africa's F.W. De Klerk
@spicytomango
@spicytomango Жыл бұрын
I've never heard of those stories Kal, they sound too crazy to be real. You just gave me something to read, thanks
@AndyAxel12
@AndyAxel12 Жыл бұрын
As Congolese, I clicked this video fast - btw Simon did well telling the story
@clintstewart5545
@clintstewart5545 Жыл бұрын
I will never understand even if born in Belgium congolese descendants like Lukaku play for Belgium, all colonizer were bad but belgians were so cruel !!!
@SafeerJ
@SafeerJ Жыл бұрын
My mother lived in Rwanda during his time in power. She would cross the border daily to go to school in Congo. It was interesting to hear her perspective on how Mobutu was viewed by people who lived under his rule. Great video by the way!
@2SNesbit
@2SNesbit Жыл бұрын
Small related comment... In 1972, I was having part of my Peace Corps training in the Lubumbashi (former Elizabethville) area in Shaba (former Katanga) province. We were staying at the University of Zaire campus. Also there were a group of Zairian college students. Apparently, they had chosen to demonstrate against Mobutu while students in Kinshasa (former Leopoldville). Mobutu drafted them all into the army (could have been worse) and sent them across the country to college in Lubumbashi. As you can imagine, they were not big fans of his. One story they told was that after Lumumba had been killed his body had been dumped in a vat of acid to dissolve it so there would be no memorials to him.
@TNOfan4093
@TNOfan4093 Жыл бұрын
One of the worst stories I've heard about Mobutu was the way he slowly tortured to death Moïse Tshombe
@dictiustecare
@dictiustecare Жыл бұрын
@@TNOfan4093 wrong Lumumba was torture Tshombe dies in jail in Argelia .
@MakaveliIITheDonKilluminati
@MakaveliIITheDonKilluminati 6 ай бұрын
​@@TNOfan4093it was Pierre Mulele
@ninjaswordtothehead
@ninjaswordtothehead Жыл бұрын
Mobutu: "European stuff is bad!" Also Mobutu: "Be careful with my Dutch paintings and antique French furniture when you're putting it in my European styled mansion."
@gachikukamau3217
@gachikukamau3217 Жыл бұрын
These videos are gold 😀 & so well presented, with lots of wit that doesn’t distract from the gravity of their actions. (Big ups to Simon- they are actually the best I’ve found so far). I’m so recommended this channel to my family especially my Dad, (a well read historian) who was always so entertained by Mobutu’s title. Well done
@ghugha9610
@ghugha9610 Жыл бұрын
Great video. But point of correction, Mobutu did not flee in his personal plane. He fled in a Ukrainian cargo plane. Originally heading to Savimbi, one of Mobutu's body guards forced the Ukrainian pilots to take Mobutu away. At that time Mobutu's personal plane had been grounded in Brazaville.
@bluegold1026
@bluegold1026 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing a vid on Mobutu! I had been requesting a Biographics vid about him for a while.
@COBALTCOVERT
@COBALTCOVERT Жыл бұрын
Earlier this week i said i was going on an unhinged campaign to write a Biographics script for President Harrison. As an update, it is going great. Simon and his valiant crew may never see it, but I damn will try.
@Ben_the_Rosafan
@Ben_the_Rosafan Жыл бұрын
Which President Harrison?
@COBALTCOVERT
@COBALTCOVERT Жыл бұрын
@@Ben_the_Rosafan William Henry Harrison. The one that died a month in
@str8edgedenigmamp96
@str8edgedenigmamp96 Жыл бұрын
Fries and Mayo IS a valid snack, thank you 🤣🤣🤣
@Dr_Do-Little
@Dr_Do-Little Жыл бұрын
A brit living in e Czech Republic. You don't expect him to have any active taste buds.
@jasonhindle4054
@jasonhindle4054 Жыл бұрын
I found the DRC quite different to any of the other French speaking countries I've visited in Africa. This was a little under twenty years on froth end of the Mobutu Presidency. I'm hesitant to describe the people and culture there as still damaged by the experience, but the institutions surely are. A few of us went out there on business; all came back with stories to tell.
@_VISION.
@_VISION. Жыл бұрын
What business?
@jasonhindle4054
@jasonhindle4054 Жыл бұрын
@@_VISION. Telecoms
@justsomerandomdude5379
@justsomerandomdude5379 Жыл бұрын
Loved this episode please do add these episodes to your podcast channel i do loved listening to biographics in my car while driving
@Sukkamaisteri
@Sukkamaisteri Жыл бұрын
I just had to comment... Se Seko in Finnish means The Crazy, in some cases The Psycho. Just a bit of interesting trivia for some people. 🙂
@rimfire8217
@rimfire8217 Жыл бұрын
El Manco is a Spanish word for the One-Armed. Spanish has a word for One-Armed.
@littleblackduck3134
@littleblackduck3134 Жыл бұрын
Keep doing what you do guys, you got a loyal viewer here, thanx
@krisreed3412
@krisreed3412 Жыл бұрын
Hey Simon, I'm a huge fan of your channels. I mostly consume your podcast content though. I wanted to ask if your Biographics spotify podcast has been cancelled because its no longer available. I'm really sad because this is my absolute FAVORITE podcast I listen to it everyday. Thanks Simon!!!
@stevekeeling7988
@stevekeeling7988 10 ай бұрын
Simon , u and your team really do a great job with with the various channels you maintain and contribute to. Good job guys 👍👍
@unculturedweeb4240
@unculturedweeb4240 Жыл бұрын
This man deserves his own Into the Shadows video.
@EmilyJelassi
@EmilyJelassi Жыл бұрын
Excellent and thorough video. I'd love to see videos about other despots/dictators.. they weren't covered in school other than a passing mention, if that. Great job Simon and team 👏 💯 😊
@Jalenlane93
@Jalenlane93 Жыл бұрын
I pray that the Congo gets a competent, courageous, selfish leader. They a vast amount of resources that should be going to its people.
@mattweltgaievski1636
@mattweltgaievski1636 Жыл бұрын
Awesome content! Thinking a video about Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo would be cool...or on equatorial guinea regime in general.
@mcc5295
@mcc5295 Жыл бұрын
I like AG1, great sponsor 💚🌱❤
@albertmisic3876
@albertmisic3876 Жыл бұрын
Mobutu was excellent example of American policy term "Our son of b*tch". Until someone is American ally and dictator he can do whatever he wants. But if he's not, Americans will activate things like dictator, mad man, genocidal person, abuser of human rights etc. Then he was normal ruler but Mengistu was tyrant. Now we have the same patern. In the media that Asad is ruthless dictator and kings of UAE, S. Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain are OK. Even those rulers have medieval type of society.
@paulceglinski3087
@paulceglinski3087 Жыл бұрын
I'm an American. I liked your comment, but it makes me think of a "what if". What if the US decided to do a little 1930's style of isolationism? Think about this, if all these nations called on the US for lawyers, guns and money because they have a problem in their country. And the US said "so what? Figure it out yourself." What then would you say? As far as I'm concerned, we, the US, should've just watched as their silly asses killed themselves off, but that's just my opinion. In my opinion, my country has enough of it's own internal affairs and the rest of the world can take a flying leap at a rolling donut. Go ask the Russians and see what that gets you. Better yet, ask the Ukrainians about Russian aid, but make sure you shout real loud because a lot of them won't be able to hear you in they're graves. Cheers.
@kwaynr1301
@kwaynr1301 Жыл бұрын
@@paulceglinski3087 if the US would've said "so what" , instead of enriching themselves by waging war the world would've been better off! You seem to think they did those things out of altruism. Very naive.
@paulceglinski3087
@paulceglinski3087 Жыл бұрын
@Darren Right!
@stephenjenkins7971
@stephenjenkins7971 Жыл бұрын
@@kwaynr1301 The world would undeniably be worse off, generally; the world massively benefitted overall from American interventionism due to the absurd amount of money spent on aid and trying to keep the peace in hotspots across the planet. You're very naive to think that the world would suddenly be better by removing one of its few stabilizing influences.
@stephenjenkins7971
@stephenjenkins7971 Жыл бұрын
Also, generally OP is dead wrong. Mobutu was de an example of "Our son of a b*tch", but that only applied for the Cold War. As we speak, a US ally has been accused of attempting genocide in Ethiopia leading to US condemnations despite being a US ally. The US had backed off from Saudi Arabia after its war in Yemen, though has been forced to slink back due to the oil shortage caused by the Russian-Ukraine War. Generally the US tries to condemn actions its own allies does that are "too far" unless its too geopolitically costly now; which is why it helped toppled all of those dictatorships as soon as the Cold War ended. Of course, when it does, those same people cry that the US is being a hypocrite, so no matter what the US will get hated, even if it tries to take a moral stance.
@dmathmothtutinean8950
@dmathmothtutinean8950 Жыл бұрын
AG1 gosh your commercial is very good too!!!
@bradlevantis913
@bradlevantis913 Жыл бұрын
An outstanding video about a horrific leader. Every western leader who supported this regime should be ashamed for contributing to this
@eliasziad7864
@eliasziad7864 Жыл бұрын
The United States literally overthrew Lumumba because he asked Moscow for help, Lumumba just wanted to turn his country into a prosperous one. America is a Terrorist State.
@LYLEJ01
@LYLEJ01 5 ай бұрын
Like the allies supporting Stalin against Hitler...
@frostyfanatics753
@frostyfanatics753 Жыл бұрын
Hello, love the vids. Can you do an episode on George VI and George V.
@AerikVon
@AerikVon Жыл бұрын
Best morning listening ritual
@TheEvilCommenter
@TheEvilCommenter Жыл бұрын
Good video 👍
@josegers5989
@josegers5989 Жыл бұрын
Fries with mayonnaise is not a snack food, it is a meal! Belgian here with full knowledge about the attrocities in Congo under Leopold II and our questionable colonial history! I do have to say that all Leopold II's statutes are removed and all the streets, tunnels etc. that were named after him are being renamed. (small gesture, I know!)
@LadyAnuB
@LadyAnuB Жыл бұрын
Sorry, my preference is the English style of malt vinegar with my fries or sriracha or sriracha ketchup
@frankieseward8667
@frankieseward8667 Жыл бұрын
Imagine if it was Patrice Lumbata who led the DRC.
@duncancurtis5971
@duncancurtis5971 Жыл бұрын
They found one of his teeth and recently returned it to his family.
@michaelsinger4638
@michaelsinger4638 Жыл бұрын
That’s all that’s left of him sadly. His body was dissolved in acid. Disgusting.
@josiahstevens971
@josiahstevens971 Жыл бұрын
What if it was Patrice O’Neal?
@TreyMessiah95
@TreyMessiah95 Жыл бұрын
To bad the French killed him
@armandotalampas4800
@armandotalampas4800 Жыл бұрын
Sir Simon should also do a bio about Patrice Lumumba? We ❤️ your channels Simon!
@johnh7201
@johnh7201 Жыл бұрын
Simon please do the Story of James Murray "The professor" and Dr. William Minor "the mad man" who created the Oxford English Dictionary. It's an amazing story I know you'd love to tell!
@carlcedricguatlo8924
@carlcedricguatlo8924 Жыл бұрын
This dictators and autocrats' biographies proves that people always corrupt power. I remember you had made a video about the infamous Filipino autocrat Ferdinand Marcos Sr., Can I suggest the biography of Ramon Magsaysay, one of the most iconic statesman the Philippines had ever seen and a model of good governance. Thank you, really like the videos.😊
@ignitionfrn2223
@ignitionfrn2223 Жыл бұрын
2:50 - Chapter 1 - Cry for freedom 6:50 - Chapter 2 - Central interference agency 11:05 - Chapter 3 - The kleptocracy 15:10 - Chapter 4 - Cold war warrior 18:55 - Chapter 5 - The war is over, long live the war 21:50 - Chapter 6 - An old sick man
@thecat5872
@thecat5872 Жыл бұрын
Incredible video just great and disturbing, I’m still waiting on that episode about the Emperor Caracalla though peace!
@lapensulo4684
@lapensulo4684 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@GraceKugrena
@GraceKugrena Жыл бұрын
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 great video, love Congolese History
@JustKrista50
@JustKrista50 Жыл бұрын
Watching Simon choke down AG1 gives me Lucy Ricardo and her Vitameatavegimen commercial. 😄😄
@franciscojose6496
@franciscojose6496 Жыл бұрын
Very important information about history of world
@hakeemfullerton8645
@hakeemfullerton8645 Жыл бұрын
Please do a video on Patrice Lumbaba
@pacificdream5152
@pacificdream5152 8 ай бұрын
I really comment on youtube videos, but i'd like to thank you for this video. I am a Congolese and i've always wanted to learn about the history of my country but resources are scare.
@Nabily007
@Nabily007 Жыл бұрын
love your videos as always long shot here but i would love to see traditional pre islamic and post islamic classic arabic poets like El-moutanabi and the likes. i had the books covering their biography but i lost it :(
@catharinepizzarello4784
@catharinepizzarello4784 Жыл бұрын
I loved it! You make history so entertaining, Simon!
@sophiebritton3280
@sophiebritton3280 Жыл бұрын
@سلام الصميدعي omg we get the point, you've replied to like every comment
@thembibaardman538
@thembibaardman538 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. Patrice Lumumba was killed with the help of the CIA and Belgium intelligence. In the early 2000`s, both admitted and issued public apologies
@susandebruin8648
@susandebruin8648 Жыл бұрын
Please do videos of Desmond Tutu, Wangari Maathai, President Nasser and King Shaka.
@franciscojose6496
@franciscojose6496 Жыл бұрын
Okay let's go watching
@6thwilbury2331
@6thwilbury2331 Жыл бұрын
Note sure what this says about me, but when I think of Mobutu Sese Seko, I immediately think of the Ali-Foreman fight. EDIT: whelp, reference to it at 15:09.
@MrBlazemaster525
@MrBlazemaster525 Жыл бұрын
AHAHAHA THIS IS GONNA BE INTERESTING! EDIT: Are we gonna see Simon do African despots soon?I cannot wait for the inevitable Bokassa vid!
@frankieseward8667
@frankieseward8667 Жыл бұрын
We got idi amin. I would love to see Mengistu Halie Mariam.
@Ben_the_Rosafan
@Ben_the_Rosafan Жыл бұрын
Or Francisco Macias Nguema!
@michaelsinger4638
@michaelsinger4638 Жыл бұрын
Paul Biya.
@Kaltagstar96
@Kaltagstar96 Жыл бұрын
I was going to say, he was a madman, I think he's already done a video on Mugabi, but what about the bloke who ran White occupied Rhodesia? I'm guessing he also counts as an African Despot?
@michaelsinger4638
@michaelsinger4638 Жыл бұрын
Ian Smith?
@jamesmartin6050
@jamesmartin6050 Жыл бұрын
Future Video suggestion - Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent figure in Irish history.
@Jitenge98
@Jitenge98 Жыл бұрын
6:24love how he says the name Kasavubu
@rorisangsathegi
@rorisangsathegi Жыл бұрын
Mobutu sese seko nkuku bengu waza banga
@jenniferhaynes8625
@jenniferhaynes8625 10 ай бұрын
Mobutu was a total narcissist. Some of the people of the Congo were totally deceived. He was not for the people of the Congo. Some people are still confused of his snake like ways
@petrovtiganu9904
@petrovtiganu9904 Жыл бұрын
You tube is unwatchable due to ads great channel though.
@marial4048
@marial4048 Жыл бұрын
Otto Avon Bismarck Bio: I know you guys love wars, shall we? My best line, thank you for your videos 🙏
@markdturnock
@markdturnock Жыл бұрын
They did Bismarck years ago...
@mowm88
@mowm88 Жыл бұрын
Another blight on the world you can thank the Dulles brothers for, and afterwards one of them admitted to the press that Lamumba should have been left alone. No kidding.
@michaelgreen1515
@michaelgreen1515 Жыл бұрын
Mobutu lived out the embodment of the pre-Belgian, colonial Congo Free State of Leopold as writen about and witnessed by Joseph Conrad. To name this video the heart of darkness is apt but means nothing without reading the background.
@thecynic9232
@thecynic9232 9 ай бұрын
There is an amazing, tragic book called “King Leopold’s Ghost” which details the horrific rule of the Belgians in the Congo. The stuff of nightmares. None of Africa’s countries were spared from colonialism.
@twocvbloke
@twocvbloke Жыл бұрын
It's sad to think that he was only kept in power by "foreign interests" purely because he was allegedly "against communism", and as a result, the people suffered, and karma took its' sweet time to bite him in the arse for lauding it up while everyone else died...
@nicholasstocker6866
@nicholasstocker6866 Жыл бұрын
Why am I addictive to watching Biographics doing a video on murderous leaders? 🤷‍♂️
@RubyGB
@RubyGB Жыл бұрын
The house I lived next door to was bought for a couple of U.S Presbyterian missionaries who were had to flee with 20 min to get out taking only only 20 lbs each of their personal things. After the revolution. When the fighting calmed down a few yrs later they were allowed back in and served several more years and were there during the outbreak of Ebola desire but it didn't hit their atea. Altogether they ended spending about 25 yrs in the Congo.They loved the country and the people.
@mushroomsamba82
@mushroomsamba82 Жыл бұрын
2:38 "Hooberis"? Sheesh, that was a bad one even for Simon 😂
@Mw-un8yy
@Mw-un8yy Жыл бұрын
Simon, KINDLY MAKE A CLIP ON KENNETH KAUNDA
@sifamuzimbe4266
@sifamuzimbe4266 Жыл бұрын
Gbadolite😂😂😂...sorry Simon that took me out!!!
@wearenot7withyou
@wearenot7withyou Жыл бұрын
It’s so interesting learning about lesser known dictators that aren’t mentioned as much as others.
@jaysvthashtag8825
@jaysvthashtag8825 Жыл бұрын
Simon I'm back and please do steve biko
@PsychoDad89
@PsychoDad89 Жыл бұрын
"I love democracy" - Mobutu
@sembelekendelela6849
@sembelekendelela6849 4 ай бұрын
YES
@jackkingsman2758
@jackkingsman2758 Жыл бұрын
This is so sick, just turned in a paper on the subject of Coltan in D. R. Kongo for university. Had to take a look at this guy, too. Coincidence? I THINK SO!
@rollingmetal949
@rollingmetal949 Жыл бұрын
Pretty fitting that Seko means loonie in Finnish
@Outlaw88
@Outlaw88 Жыл бұрын
Would love to see a video on Vince McMahon.
@Bludgeoned2DEATH2
@Bludgeoned2DEATH2 Жыл бұрын
If the United States and the West didn't want Lumumba to ask the Soviet Union for help they shouldn't have denied his request for help dealing with the Katanga secessionists and the imminent coup. Lumumba just wanted to help his people and fight against corruption and colonization by Belgium and that, in and of itself, was seen a pro-communist by the USA. Tragic all around.
@stephenjenkins7971
@stephenjenkins7971 Жыл бұрын
He was already believed to be Marxist aligned, so while your rhetoric makes sense for the micro level, it doesn't make sense at all in the macro level. Generally; the West would not want to align with him in this time period.
@Bludgeoned2DEATH2
@Bludgeoned2DEATH2 Жыл бұрын
@@stephenjenkins7971 Marxism is the only lens by which an oppressed people can free themselves from the shackles of their oppressors so yeah I know he was Marxist, but he was a nationalist first. The West’s utter cruelty in allowing and funding the coup that overthrew Lumumba is why he chose the Soviets, they cared.
@stephenjenkins7971
@stephenjenkins7971 Жыл бұрын
@@Bludgeoned2DEATH2 That's what Marxists always say before they start oppressing people worse than the capitalists do; and conveniently ignore all the other peoples who were oppressed and then became strong outside of Marxist thought. Or ignores the Marxist nations that themselves were oppressed by...other Marxist nations. Either way, you're dumbing down the situation for your politics. The Soviets cared in the same way the Americans cared about Mobutu; they were a useful pawn. At least the Americans had some standards and didn't send tanks against their closest allies when they disagreed -the Warsaw Pact members recall very vividly what Soviet friendship was like.
@Bludgeoned2DEATH2
@Bludgeoned2DEATH2 Жыл бұрын
@@stephenjenkins7971 Nah lol, a Soviet backed Lumumba government would have been one of peace instead we got a USA backed fascist that destroyed the country. Anyway no reason to argue with an anti-Marxist on KZbin, I'm sure our time would be better served elsewhere.
@stephenjenkins7971
@stephenjenkins7971 Жыл бұрын
@@Bludgeoned2DEATH2 Ah yes, because you can name a single regime that was backed by the Soviets that can be called "peaceful". Being anti-Marxist is like being anti-fascist; which is to say that its common sense.
@franciscojose6496
@franciscojose6496 Жыл бұрын
Go watching
@ellis7622
@ellis7622 Жыл бұрын
He was a stylish dresser though, you have to give him that.
@josephkmeyer5178
@josephkmeyer5178 Жыл бұрын
I’m wondering if you all would ever be willing to do one on Governor George Wallace? I think his trip from moderate to the face of segregation, his presidential campaign and assassination attempt, all the way back to moderate is an interesting story. Just how chasing the vote and populism can change someone for the worse.
@ash.bl.9289
@ash.bl.9289 Жыл бұрын
Hey Biographic, Can you do a biography on Abdol Hossein Sardari? He is considered the Schindler of Iran and managed to save many Jews in occupied France by convincing the Nazis, with their own ideology, that Iranian Jews are Aryans like Iranians
@ash.bl.9289
@ash.bl.9289 Жыл бұрын
@سلام الصميدعي Rahemak Allah eai Saddam Hussein.
@masonfisher1883
@masonfisher1883 Жыл бұрын
Id like to see a video on one of the Beatles. Edit, looks like i got what i wished for, George is my favorite Beatle too
@cyizarwanda5488
@cyizarwanda5488 Жыл бұрын
Can you do Tomas Sankara?
@matthewpoe1056
@matthewpoe1056 Жыл бұрын
How about Steven Biko biography?
@babscabs1987
@babscabs1987 Жыл бұрын
Whoa whoa whoa Sweet child of mine, fries and mayonnaise is a perfectly acceptable snack, regardless of what country you come from. 5:12
@lauriepenner350
@lauriepenner350 Жыл бұрын
Next time you eat fish and chips, put a little tartar sauce on the fries. That's the gateway.
@babscabs1987
@babscabs1987 Жыл бұрын
@@lauriepenner350 if fish is involved then of course
@babscabs1987
@babscabs1987 Жыл бұрын
@سلام الصميدعي you want me to pray?
@williswameyo5737
@williswameyo5737 5 ай бұрын
DRC is still recovering from the trauma of the despotic regime of Mobutu Sese Seko who was handpicked by the West during the times of the Cold war
@sifamuzimbe4266
@sifamuzimbe4266 Жыл бұрын
The way he says Kasa-vubu 😂
@josefwissarionowitschstali1225
@josefwissarionowitschstali1225 Жыл бұрын
I envy his hat. That had style.
@djerhyjnbaptiste7354
@djerhyjnbaptiste7354 Жыл бұрын
Jean Bedel Bokassa. Can we have this biography next?
@shf4781
@shf4781 Жыл бұрын
Can you make a video for Skanderbeg, a real commander and hero. Protector of Albania and Europe.
@mrsupreme4668
@mrsupreme4668 Жыл бұрын
Could you please do Manuel Noriega the dictator and drug lord of Panama
@redjirachi1
@redjirachi1 Жыл бұрын
James Buchanan: I must say I'm a huge fan Mobut-you make me look pretty competent in comparison
@adenmelton8264
@adenmelton8264 Жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on Jozef Pilsudski, the founder of Poland after ww1
@hankw69
@hankw69 Жыл бұрын
Wakanda forever! What...that wasn't these guys? Forget about it...
@xl000
@xl000 Ай бұрын
you didn't drink the whole thing at 0:50 also there is a cut after that, so we don't know if you vomited it afterwards.
@khameronsmith108
@khameronsmith108 Жыл бұрын
Mayo with fries is bussin 😂
@Fujitora-ve5dz
@Fujitora-ve5dz Жыл бұрын
Lol saw that name and clicked quick😂 this man ruined my country lmao
@LMaxx5
@LMaxx5 Жыл бұрын
Ex-so-lent reporting!
@Doxaisboxa
@Doxaisboxa Жыл бұрын
It make me so made i was not born in this year as Congolese
@multipletanksyndrome
@multipletanksyndrome Жыл бұрын
You ought to do a video about Pop Warner. He's synonymous with youth American football. However, I doubt many Americans actually know much about him. He was quite a cad. He cheated, and forced so many rules. But, he also invented so much of the game we know today, like the forward pass. Before that, it was much more like rugby.
@BIGRob118
@BIGRob118 Жыл бұрын
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