Monday, February 24, 2014

As he had to learn those languages on the job.

 Kabila spent the majority of his childhood in Tanzania


As a result, he spoke Kiswahili and English better than French or Lingala, the two main languages in Kinshasa. This worked against him later in his career, as he had to learn those languages on the job. Some believe he grew up in Tanzania in order to avoid the attention of former president Mobutu Sese Seko’s intelligence service.

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