Where Concorde once flew : the story of President Mobutu’s ’African Versailles’ | Cities

Where Concorde once flew: the story of President Mobutu’s ’African Versailles’
▻http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/feb/10/where-concorde-once-flew-the-story-of-president-mobutus-african-versail

For posturing dictators, only putting a new city on the map will do. Fifty years on from Mobutu Sese Soko’s ascent to the presidency of Congo, David Smith explores what’s left of his personal Xanadu, Gbadolite

▻http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/feb/10/inside-gbadolite-mobutu-ruined-jungle-city-in-pictures

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