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Looks like Mr Jammeh is carrying on the tradition of barking mad African tyrants that I though extinguished after Colonel Khaddafi (he of many spellings) did the Mussolini two-step.
Tuesday 13 December 2011
The torch passes
Looks like Mr Jammeh is carrying on the tradition of barking mad African tyrants that I though extinguished after Colonel Khaddafi (he of many spellings) did the Mussolini two-step.
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OTOH, "Yahya Jammeh" (Why am I reminded of "John Yaya" in "Buckaroo Banzai"?) isn't nearly as demented a name as "Mobuto Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Waza Banga", which in most translations from Congolese works out to "The warrior who sweeps from victory to victory, vanquishing his enemies and leaving fire in his wake". His real name was Joseph Desire Mobutu before he renamed himself. No, really- he renamed himself.
Jammeh seems to be at least potentially cut from the same cloth. If he comes up with a grandiose name along the same lines, look for him to go full-on loony, probably in Islamist mode to judge from his Beeb interview.
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eon
Hm, there's crazy, and there's bat-guano crazy. Then there's the kind of crazy that makes actual bat guano tap its finger to its forehead and go, "you know, I suspect that this guy ain't all there!"
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