The beautiful First Ladies probably become some kind of political bling, to make up for an autocrat’s democratic deficit. Democratic presidents, on the other hand, don’t need to put a shine on their legitimacy. They get it at the polls.
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First Lady of Cameroon, Chantal Biya, meets her US counterpart Michelle Obama at the White House in 2014. (Photo/U.S. Department of State).
The First Lady Beauty Index Of African Politics 2010
An interesting pattern emerges when you unscientifically categorise African First Ladies into two categories – whether they are ‘Beautiful’ or ‘Matronly’ and their husband’s politics into ‘Strongman leaning’ or ‘Democrats’. We’ll let you discover it for yourself.