The best African leader of all time
Congo--Kinshasa
20-03-2007, 05:35
In your opinion, who is it?
Poll coming.
Andaras Prime
20-03-2007, 05:37
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Congo--Kinshasa
20-03-2007, 05:40
Seretse Khama
Seconded.
Soviet Haaregrad
20-03-2007, 05:48
Who's the one who killed all those people? Him.
Congo--Kinshasa
20-03-2007, 05:50
Who's the one who killed all those people? Him.
:confused:
Hannibal, or if you dont consider him African, Shaka.
Congo--Kinshasa
20-03-2007, 07:05
Hannibal, or if you dont consider him African, Shaka.
Interesting choices. You're obviously thinking a lot further back than I am. ;)
Monkeypimp
20-03-2007, 07:10
Interesting choices. You're obviously thinking a lot further back than I am. ;)
Ramesses II.
Neo Undelia
20-03-2007, 07:10
Ramses II.
Neo Undelia
20-03-2007, 07:10
Monkypimp is inside my head.
Harlesburg
20-03-2007, 10:49
Monkypimp is inside my head.
Prefer him in your pants?
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Cecil Rhodes.
IL Ruffino
20-03-2007, 11:04
That black guy.
New Burmesia
20-03-2007, 11:05
Define best.
Pure Metal
20-03-2007, 11:19
Haile Selassie cos of the awesome name, obviously
Boonytopia
20-03-2007, 11:20
Who's the one who killed all those people? Him.
That black guy.
Idi Amin?
Lunatic Goofballs
20-03-2007, 11:25
Interesting choices. You're obviously thinking a lot further back than I am. ;)
Me too. I was going to say Shaka too. :)
Clitoris Allsorts
20-03-2007, 11:42
Robert Mugabe - he knows how to keep his sh*t in order!
IL Ruffino
20-03-2007, 11:49
Idi Amin?
Yeah, sure, why not. :)
Rhursbourg
20-03-2007, 13:14
Ramesses II or Jan Smuts
UN Protectorates
20-03-2007, 13:17
Mugabe of course...
...
What?
Nah seriously, Mandela.
As for greatest African, I'd probably say Kofi Annan.
Risottia
20-03-2007, 14:45
Muammar al-Gaddafi
I voted for Lumumba, but I think that Mandela and Gheddafi have also performed well, altough not perfectly. But, hey...
Mugabe, he'll show those damned white folks! He'll just bankrupt the whole country!
Mugabe and Amin.
Now seriously, the best african leader was Frederik Willem de Klerk
Orthodox Gnosticism
20-03-2007, 15:07
Mark Anthony :)
Cluichstan
20-03-2007, 15:07
Robert Mugabe - he knows how to keep his sh*t in order!
How many threads are you going to troll today, I wonder? :rolleyes:
In answer to the OP, I'm going to go back really far: Akhenaten.
The Atlantian islands
20-03-2007, 16:13
Pieter Willem Botha, Die Groot Krokodil. Though I disagree with some of his views, and I agree with others....he led the best modern nation Africa has ever seen.
Dododecapod
20-03-2007, 16:21
Chaka Zulu, AKA Chaka the Great, founder of the Zulu Nation.
Had some definite problems, but then "Great" does not equate to "Good".
Daistallia 2104
20-03-2007, 18:16
Shaka;a the only modern one Ican name off the top of my head who was wortrh a damn...
There're probably a few others who have been better in modern times that I just don't know, but...
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q100/TheSteveslols/mugabeyj4.png
Monkey Nipples
20-03-2007, 18:29
Bernard Manning. (one can dream, can't one?)
Nova Boozia
20-03-2007, 18:37
There seams to be a fad for it, so:
Idi Amin.
I'm a Scot, after all. I apparently owed that guy fuedal allegiance.
Curious Inquiry
20-03-2007, 19:31
I and I be votin' for His Godness, Emperor of Ethiopia! Jah knows.
The Pictish Revival
20-03-2007, 19:49
In answer to the OP, I'm going to go back really far: Akhenaten.
Curious choice. Though if I'm ever in Egypt, that abandoned city of his is on my 'must visit' list.
How about King Ezana of Axum? Or even Prester John, if you believe a word of that little story...
Fleckenstein
20-03-2007, 21:27
"You think Nelson Mandela does not know what this is?!?!?"
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2795969
The blessed Chris
20-03-2007, 23:11
Ramesses II.
Curious Inquiry
20-03-2007, 23:13
All you stoners best be votin' for His Highness. Jah knows!
Sarkhaan
20-03-2007, 23:15
Queen Victoria
Gah! Beaten to it! :(
United Beleriand
20-03-2007, 23:23
Ramesses II.does geography alone determine "african" ?
well, that one was of mixed semitic and indo-european descent. does that count as typically "african" ?
if only geography counts, then i'll vote for George V of the United Kingdom.
The blessed Chris
20-03-2007, 23:26
does geography alone determine "african" ?
well, that one was of mixed semitic and indo-european descent. does that count as typically "african" ?
if only geography counts, then i'll vote for George V of the United Kingdom.
He did directly rule over Egypt, which, last time I checked, qualifies as African.
In any case, what is gentically "African"?
United Beleriand
20-03-2007, 23:29
He did directly rule over Egypt, which, last time I checked, qualifies as African.
In any case, what is genetically "African"?
Ask Curious Inquiry. Rastafarians know exactly what's African and what's not. ;)
The blessed Chris
20-03-2007, 23:30
Ask Curious Inquiry. Rastafarians know exactly what's African and what's not. ;)
Fair enough.:D
United Beleriand
20-03-2007, 23:32
Fair enough.:DAt least they claim to...
Congo--Kinshasa
21-03-2007, 00:39
bump
Who's the guy that tried to have Katanga secede?
Congo--Kinshasa
21-03-2007, 00:51
Who's the guy that tried to have Katanga secede?
Moïse Tshombe. He rocked. :cool:
Soviestan
21-03-2007, 06:06
Nasser.
Congo--Kinshasa
21-03-2007, 19:43
Nasser.
Interesting choice. I almost added him to the poll, but figured he was more of a Middle Eastern leader than an African one.
Andaluciae
21-03-2007, 19:52
Seretse Khama was integral in establishing the economic and democratic traditions that have permitted Botswana to flourish since independence. He led not as a king or warlord, and the transfer of power following his death was relatively peaceful. He presided over rapid economic growth, and increasing stability.
He got my vote.
Congo--Kinshasa
21-03-2007, 19:55
Seretse Khama was integral in establishing the economic and democratic traditions that have permitted Botswana to flourish since independence. He led not as a king or warlord, and the transfer of power following his death was relatively peaceful. He presided over rapid economic growth, and increasing stability.
He got my vote.
Amen.
Soviestan
21-03-2007, 20:14
Interesting choice. I almost added him to the poll, but figured he was more of a Middle Eastern leader than an African one.
Egypt is part of Africa, granted more middle eastern than what a lot associate with Africa, but still.
Congo--Kinshasa
21-03-2007, 20:15
Egypt is part of Africa, granted more middle eastern than what a lot associate with Africa, but still.
True.