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

Qaddafi flashes the victory sign as he stands with Mandela before the Libyan parliament in Tripoli on March 19, 1999.

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Suzanne Merkelson is a web producer at Foreign Policy.

 

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October 13, 2011

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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...