ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hi, my name's Sipho. 

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I created Know Your Dictators in 2018 as a series of witty Twitter threads focused on some of the world's worst leaders.

Since then, I've written a book and created an email newsletter around the topic.

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I'm a firm believer that those who don't learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them. I also think that history repeats or - in our modern society - retweets itself. Neither of these are original ideas but both are part of the spirit of Know Your Dictators.

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I really hope you learn, laugh and...something else that starts with an 'l' through these stories.

Many of them are cautionary tales. Others are just so ridiculous, they're hard to believe.

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If you want to keep up with whatever's brewing in dictator world, follow the Know Your Dictators pages on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.