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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Mobutu"”.
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En Attendant Kabila: Zairian Literature During Mobutu's Reign
… political climate. During colonialism and Mobutu's long rule literature was considered an important tool of political control; as such literary expression was strictly monitored by the prevailing authorities. In the early 1970s Mobutu created a national cultural policy which he called …
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The creation of a national identity: construction and representations with a case study of Mobutu's Zaire
… by patronage politics and corruption, Mobutu effectively developed a counterhegemonic discourse on the Congo through the twin processes of authenticité and Zairianization. Mobutu created an authentically African state with a common national identity while still attracting foreign …
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“Better Unmentioned:” An Assessment of Reagan Administration Aid to Pakistan, Panama, and Zaire.
… to the Noriega dictatorship in Panama, the Mobutu dictatorship in what was then called Zaire, and the regime of Zia ul-Haq in Pakistan, by stating that it was necessary to overcome the Soviet Union. While the alliances with these regimes did help to bring about the collapse of the Eastern …
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The Odious Debt System
<p>Over the past forty years, African countries have accumulated enormous quantities of external debt. Today, this debt is heavily burdensome; money spent on debt service is money that cannot be invested into infrastructure development, health, education, or other areas that might benefit the large …