You will hear from me

After the death of Omar Bongo on June 8 2009 André Mba Obame presented his candidacy for the presidential election of August 30. He asked on his knees for absolution for the harm done to Gabonese people in 42 years by the PDG system. At the end of the election he was declared defeated. One year later the French secret services recognized that AMO was the real winner of the said presidential election. He proclaimed himself Head of State. This was the beginning of the end. Overcome by a strange illness André Mba Obame ran to doctors and traditional healers. He died on April 12 2015 in Yaoundé (Cameroon). What will the Gabonese remember about André Mba Obame? From the young prodigy trained at Laval and the Sorbonne a protégé of Omar Bongo to the sick opponent of recent years through his victory in the 2009 presidential election? André Mba Obame has strongly influenced the last thirty years of Gabonese politics. A formidable political strategist full of talents a very intelligent political animal with a manipulative brain. Since the existence of Gabon never has the funeral of a politician at all levels mobilized so many Gabonese.