Big men, avoid shame, exit power while still walking!
Cameroon's President Paul Biya adjusts his sunglasses during an electoral meeting at the stadium in Maroua during his visit in the Far North Region of Cameroon, on September 29, 2018. PHOTO | ALEXIS HUGUET | AFP
Cameroon strongman Paul Biya, will turn 87 in about three weeks. Nearing 45 years in power, he is Africa’s and the world longest ruling non-royal executive national leader.
Biya is now doing a Robert Mugabe. Decades in power, in his 90s, and ill, the former Zimbabwe dictator clung to power, insisting on attending international events and making a spectacle of himself. If you are a big man, at some point you have join other rulers on a stage for things like a photograph, or get on a pulpit to deliver some great wisdom.
