There is no leader in Africa that is a dictator, and Africa has never had a dictator. A dictator is an individual with a clear and urgent programme to implement and is convinced that subjecting his programme to unnecessary contestation means loss of time and failure to meet critical goals.
Tinpot despots and village autocrats do not fit in that category. A dictator says that within 5 years, this country must have a fully functioning Iron and steel industry and it happens.. You stand in your way at your own risk. He says that with effect from 5 years from now, this country will turn out 1,000 medical doctors per year. Adds on that with effect from now, the country’s agricultural system will start being transitioned from the subsistence to the commercial mode….and that this country shall stop depending on aid to fund 53% of its budget etc etc….stand in my way and I teach you a lesson…that is what dicatorship is.
To call Bokassa, Amin, etc dictators is to elevate them to a level that they could possibly never have belonged to.
Show me a dictator in Uganda, I will offer to be his houseboy, because then, I will know that it is the end of mediaevalism. As of now, ….
Lance Corporal (Rtd) Otto Patrick
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Does Thomas Sankara qualify?,He did some of those things.