Mathieu Kerekou Quotes

I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality.

Mathieu Kerekou

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• I would like to solemnly reaffirm, that poverty is not a fatality.

  

  Mathieu Kerekou
  • Poverty