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Clothing makes the man: (Above, from left) Uganda’s Milton Obote, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta and Zambia’s Kenneth Kaunda look more restrained in 1967 than later African presidents. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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What your president’s style says about their politics

African leaders’ sartorial choices have been communicating their political orientations for centuries

  • Eric Mwine-Mugaju
4 min read