Dictators, and the sunglasses who wear them

a thugocracy cannot be complete without serious eyewear

Jan 19

Pappa Bongo

There are many ways of measuring Omar Bongo’s rule. The Omar Bongo Triumphal Boulevard, the Senate Palace Omar Bongo, and the university, football stadium, gymnasium and military hospital that all bear his name.

OR you can just look at his shades, yell “Tortoiseshell!!!!” and be done.