They too tried to "build socialism," after they gained independence from Britain in 1976, and managed to create a harsh one-party system with censorship and fear.
"They came from nothing and managed to create an image for themselves in a way that nobody else had done," says Dr Ruth Penfold-Mounce of York University.
Probably the most successful Daily Show alum after Colbert, Oliver has taken his pithy, witty and incredulous British shtick over to HBO and managed to create what is effectively a weekly version of The Daily Show.
It's difficult to say that Blair was consciously mendacious: I just think he drank some Kool Aid and managed to create a moral and intellectual argument to justify anything he did.
The opening number, with its symphonic structure, recurring motifs and caustic guitars, was the most musically ambitious on the record and managed to create a template for prog-metal more than a decade before its time.
At the age of 65 he took on the chairmanship of the Wellcome Trust, a post he held until 1989, and managed to create more controversy by floating the drug company on the stock market.
Judges for the 2016 Taylor Wessing prize said Rasano's picture of 18-year-old Johannesburg student Katlehong Matsenen was powerfully direct and managed to create "something beautiful out of the everyday".
And that's why last year's inaugural Bristol Proms released a wild range of digital/classical experimentation and managed to create such a lively atmosphere that a maverick physicist felt it was appropriate to attempt to crowd-surf during the Hallelujah Chorus.
The picture was fun and managed to create some sympathy for its subject, though it is a little too campy for its own good; any movie with narration by RuPaul doesn't need sock puppets introducing each segment (a nod to "Babe").
So there's a variation of Luigi's Haunted House, a new take on Animal Crossing, a Ninja Game, a Zelda adventure and, best of all, a Donkey Kong-inspired puzzler that is immediately addictive, great fun and managed to create nostalgia for the original Donkey Kong while being almost totally different.
If the Samsung Galaxy S4 is as successful as its predecessor and manages to create the perfect combination of phone and tablet, the shift in consumer behavior toward mobile devices as the primary computing devices will certainly accelerate.
