tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500199998354386351.post4000758725961649128..comments2024-03-02T17:06:48.957+00:00Comments on SAHARAN VIBE: GABON'S OMAR BONGO - PRESIDENT FOR LIFEAFRICAN LIZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05876270785127257460noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500199998354386351.post-8080606031244015792011-09-03T17:37:48.924+01:002011-09-03T17:37:48.924+01:00I spent my first 9 years in the country. I was fri...I spent my first 9 years in the country. I was friends and classmates with his daughter Oneida. I was treated like royalty in his 800 million dollar palace. Bongo did quite some business with my Dad. Being a child and one of the most fortunate people in this country, I never realized how poor most of the population really is. Its quite disgusting when reading some of these facts. A country with so much money and potential to do so much, as not reached nearly half the success it should have. The general population is starving and living a life of misery, when foreigners like my family, the pakistani, the arabs, the korean, canadian, french and malaysian own most of the money in this country. We lived lives of luxury. I feel awful that the government has not done enough to take care of their citizens. Having close ties to Bongo's kids, their annual spending was colossal! I may go back and do something about it one day..Zahra Haidarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500199998354386351.post-89585960850573257352009-06-09T20:03:04.980+01:002009-06-09T20:03:04.980+01:00Bongo considered amongst the richest presidents in...Bongo considered amongst the richest presidents in the World even though 1.4 million people he ruled for 41 years lacked a square meal; i see him to have been a wicked devil. if peace had been in Gabon though people were tired of him, they were afraid to go to hell through Bongo. His death is an eye opener to other dictators. Who next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500199998354386351.post-81952617478111959062009-06-09T19:55:00.385+01:002009-06-09T19:55:00.385+01:00Bongo is gone haven been the youngest president wh...Bongo is gone haven been the youngest president when he took office and the oldest at the time of his death. Could his unwanted death be an example to those other African President?<br />If death was to be declared as Presidential elections in Africa,Bongo would have been declared "victorious" thank God it is not the case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500199998354386351.post-66424414824228696422009-06-09T01:37:43.628+01:002009-06-09T01:37:43.628+01:00Ignorance has no cure. Calling African women scary...Ignorance has no cure. Calling African women scary and ugly is plain stupid. Have you ever visited any part of Africa to make your ill conceived perception?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500199998354386351.post-19956429705915956392009-06-08T23:08:07.335+01:002009-06-08T23:08:07.335+01:00Ah, could see in the text now. It says that Omar O...Ah, could see in the text now. It says that Omar Obongo was 4'11", which means 1.49 cm. So was he truly a pygmy?? Maria M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500199998354386351.post-12234777393849288302009-06-08T23:00:18.241+01:002009-06-08T23:00:18.241+01:00How tall was him by the way?? He really looks shor...How tall was him by the way?? He really looks short compared to any other politician he ever met indeed. Maria M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500199998354386351.post-31873913540957364942009-04-21T21:33:00.000+01:002009-04-21T21:33:00.000+01:00Mrs. Bongo looks very un-happy.
All African first ...Mrs. Bongo looks very un-happy.<br />All African first ladies look very angry and scary with all those ugly hair weaves, skin bleaching and over the top designer clothes.<br />Is there a pretty first lady in Africa?<br />If so, where?<br />Look at the black American actress Taraji Henson or the black American pop star Beyonce, and tell us where does that type of beauty and polish exist with these scary African first ladies??<br />There's only one African woman that's polished , a natural beauty and visually fit to be a first lady in Africa and her name is Liya Kebede of Ethiopia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500199998354386351.post-38928647978591350602008-02-28T03:29:00.000+00:002008-02-28T03:29:00.000+00:00this is my country and this idiot couldnt do anyth...this is my country and this idiot couldnt do anything during 41 years with a rich country like gabon he is a real idiot the only thing he can do is stealing the money of the country and teach the governement how to do it too.<BR/>always saying we got peace bla bla bla do u think gabon can go to war?? pfff i don t know if we go an army.<BR/>he is a idiot i say it.<BR/><BR/>He is so rich i hope the banks will take his money and send it back to gabon.<BR/><BR/>IdiotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4500199998354386351.post-28628294361754623272008-02-07T18:50:00.000+00:002008-02-07T18:50:00.000+00:00What struck me most when I visited Gabon, was the ...What struck me most when I visited Gabon, was the poverty of the country, given it has a population of approximately 1.5 million people, and is oil-rich.<BR/><BR/>I was unfortunate enough to have to sit through a rambling speech that President Bongo gave, surrounded by his Moroccan personal guard. <BR/><BR/>If you need to pay foreigners to keep you safe from your own people, its time to move on.<BR/><BR/>Given his height (or lack of it), is President Bongo a pygmy?<BR/><BR/>In Tanzania, the derogatory term Bongoland is used to denote a place lacking rationale or reason. Having read the things he's said, like calling AIDS a contagious disease (huh???) I wonder if the term Bongoland was inspired by the man. <BR/><BR/>Africa's curse is this kind of heartless leadership, vacuuming the wealth of his country for himself and his family. Urrrrgggghhhhhhh!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com