Mobutu's Hometown
The night club in the bar of the Nzekele Hotel. The hotel was built by the former president of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko in his ancestral town along with several extravagant residences, an international airport and other infrastructure. The town was occupied and looted by rebel forces during the country's civil war and today has been largely forgotten..Gbadolite, DR Congo. 18/03/2009.Photo © J.B. Russell