Many of
Africa's leaders have continued to use their countries' meager resources to
build some outrageous buildings that very much suited their egos. For instance, Felix
Houphouet-Boigny of Ivory Coast in the 80s used at
least $300 million to construct Basilique
de Notre Dame de la Paix in his hometown, Yamoussokro.
Though it
is modeled on the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome, it is much larger, making it the
biggest church in the world. As pictured below, here is Liberia's late President Samuel Doe’s dream mansion erected in the city of Zwedru, Grand Gedeh, his hometown. Unlike
the Basilica of Yamoussokro, Doe’s dream mansion was never completed.
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