Qaddafi and anti-apartheid activist Walter Sisulu joke during a meeting in Soweto on June 15, 1999 during the Libyan leader's state visit to South Africa.
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South Africa's Dictator Dance
South Africa was once celebrated as a champion for human rights. So why are Mandela's heirs engaging with some of the world's most dubious characters?
CAPTIONS BY SUZANNE MERKELSON | OCTOBER 4, 2011
Suzanne Merkelson is a web producer at Foreign Policy.
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PROTV
5:34 PM ET
October 13, 2011
great shoot Have a Nice
great shoot
Have a Nice day... stasera in tv
FP2011
1:23 AM ET
October 27, 2011
Surprise, surprise..
Honestly, when I read the title for this photo essay: South Africa's Dictator Dance
was the last part, dance , that took my attention and made me come to see more. I had no idea what would this be about. I get it now.
The part that surprised me was the picture from 1999 with Qaddafi flashing the victory sign as he stands with Mandela.
I had no idea they were friends.
I wonder what is going to happen in Libya now that Qaddafi is out of the picture. We will soon see...