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Read more: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/monument-to-african-dictator-laurent-kabila
TIL that in the DRC, there is a statue of former president Kabila that was built by North Korea. However, the statue’s body and clothes don’t really resemble Kabila’s, and it is likely that North Korea just recycled a statue of Kim Jong-Il and put Kabila’s head on it.
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I mean, they did beat the going rate/western quote of 25 million for the job, so can’t really hate on the ingenuity…
To be fair, Laurent Kabila also had a “kim-esque” physique
Is this a coincidence or is this TIL North Korean African Statues Day? See post below…