Hats, batons, walking sticks: soft features of leaders leaders op political leaders
CCM presidential candidate John Magufuli in a jungle hat at a political rally. Hats and other symbols assume considerable significance when they are part of high profile political personalities. PHOTO | FILE
What you need to know:
Presidential hats are super hats – once a top man fancies and acquires one, like, say, at a trade show, security guys ‘mechanise’ them against mischief. Serious suspicions linger, for instance, that some of Yasser Arafat’s head scarves, the keffiyehs, were laced with poison, as part of a plot to eliminate the Palestinian hero in slow but sure installments.
