Zaire
About Zaire
Zaire, officially the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1971 and Republic of Zaire from 1971 to 1997, was a country in Central Africa headed by Mobutu Sese Seko from 1965 to 1997. It was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-largest country in the world from 1965 to 1991. With a population of over 23 million, Zaire was the most populous Francophone country in Africa. Zaire was strategically important to the West during the Cold War, particularly the U.S., as a counterbalance to Soviet influence in Africa. The U.S. and its allies supported the Mobutu regime with military and economic aid to prevent the spread of communism which made it a key player for U.S. involvement in Africa.
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President Mobutu of Zaire banned all leopard print hats from his country, except for his own. He also made a law saying that television in Zaire could not mention anybody but him by name.
from No Such Thing As A Killer Tomato, 2015-04-10 at 00:35:17 · read transcript
Other times Zaire came up
Stuart Broad was it? Stuart Broad and, can't remember who else. Matt Pryor, I think. Yes. The famous Rumble in the Jungle match with George Foreman? It was in an African country. In Zaire. It was in Kinshasa. Yes. This is not an amazing fact. I just didn't know it. Because of the time difference, the match was fought at 4 a.m. in the morning. Yeah.
18: No Such Thing As A Kilt On The Battlefield, 2014-07-18 · listen
Then you actually only fall asleep at 3.30 and you miss the whole thing. I think the government paid a huge amount. It was in Zaire. Yes, it was, yeah. I think the Zaire government paid a huge amount of money to have it there, didn't it? Because it was going to help tourism and help draw attention to it. It's a big tourist hotspot now. Democratic Republic of Congo, isn't it?
18: No Such Thing As A Kilt On The Battlefield, 2014-07-18 · listen
I just want to, while we're sort of saying that he's not the worst person because this does make him feel like he sort of absolutely ruined a group of people. He also studied a group in Zaire, a group of pygmies and he wrote a brilliant book about them and he did recordings of their music in Zaire, of the pygmies. He collected some of their songs and eventually released a few from other tribes as well.
453: No Such Thing As James Cameron's Worms, 2022-11-18 · listen
Yeah. Stuart Broad was it? Stuart Broad and can't remember who else. That prior, I think. Yes. The famous Rumble in the Jungle match with George Foreman? It was in an African country. In Zaire. He was in Kinshasa. Yes. This is not an amazing fact. I just didn't know it. Because of the time difference, the match was fought at 4 a.m. in the morning. Yeah.
No Such Thing As A Kilt On The Battlefield, 2014-07-18 · listen
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No Such Thing As A Killer Tomato put 3 places on the map.
- Salem · United States
- Hat Museum · France
Coordinates: -4.4000, 15.4000