From Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire to Nana Akufo-Addo in Ghana and Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algeria, rulers have mooted massive ...

And there was also Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, who styled himself “the all-powerful, the eternal, the only one,” wore leopard-skin hats, renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za ...

Historical examples such as Idi Amin in Uganda and Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire stand as grim reminders of this model’s consequences. The big man legacy is not just surviving, it is being actively ...

History often paints a complex picture of its key figures. This article delves into the lives of 20 individuals who were perhaps lauded or perceived differently during their time, but whose true ...

Living Colour released “Cult of Personality” as the second single from their 1988 debut album Vivid. It went to No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 9 on the Album Rock Tracks chart.

This satirical thriller — starring John Malkovich as a pop-star cult leader and Ayo Edebiri as the reporter that sees through him — takes aim at the attention economy. It’s sometimes funny, s… ...

It took nearly 10 years for CM Punk's iconic theme song, Cult of Personality, to be played again in WWE, as The Best in the World left the company in January of 2014 and returned at the Survivor Serie ...

Mobutu Sese Seko, ‘the eternal one, who will never disappear’. His personality cult becomes grotesque. He has dancers applaud him, his portraits hang everywhere, and messianic images of his face over ...

Trump's picks of Lara Trump, Charles Kushner and Massad Boulous to his administration and party are reminiscent of authoritarian leaders' choices for their regimes.

Of the "Big Men" who ruled Africa after independence, few were as notorious as Mobutu Sese Seko. During his 32 years in power, Mobutu renamed Congo as Zaire and stole many millions of dollars. As ...

For Democrats, this shift poses a dilemma. They have two options: They can either find a candidate who, like Obama, represents a beacon of hope and idealism, or they can embrace the “cult of ...