Mobutu Sésé Seko: Chief

Mobutu Sésé Seko was President of Zaïre. Explore interesting quotes on chief.

Mobutu Sésé Seko: 50 quotes7 likes

“Democracy is not for Africa. There was only one African chief and here in Zaire we must make unity.”

Mobutu Sésé Seko

George B. N. Ayittey, Africa Betrayed, p. 65

“The chief is the chief. He is the eagle who flies high and cannot be touched by the spit of the toad.”

Mobutu Sésé Seko

October 1991. Meredith, p. 391

“In our African tradition, there are never two chiefs; there is sometimes a natural heir to the chief, but can anyone tell me that he has ever known a village that has two chiefs? That is why we Congolese, in the desire to conform to the traditions of our continent, have resolved to group all the energies of the citizens of our country under the banner of a single national party.”

Mobutu Sésé Seko

Young and Turner, p. 211