Marquis de Sade Marquis de Sade Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (; 2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814), was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer, famous for his libertine sexuality. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts; in his lifetime some were published under his own name while others appeared anonymously, which Sade denied having written. Sade is best known for his erotic works, which combined philosophical discourse with pornography, depicting sexual fantasies with an emphasis on violence, suffering, criminality, and blasphemy against Christianity. He gained notoriety for putting these fantasies into practice with both
Donatien Mahele Lieko Bokungu Donatien Mahele Lieko Bokungu Donatien Mahele Lieko Bokungu (1941 – May 16, 1997) was a prominent Zairian general who served as the last army chief during the long reign of Mobutu Sese Seko. Born in 1941, Mahele, a carpenter by trade, was born in Mobutu's Équateur region, but unlike Mobutu, he was not from the Ngbandi tribe; he was a Mbuza. One of the few Zairian generals not related to Mobutu, he was unique in that he attained his rank on his own merits, rather than through political patronage. Trained in France, he was a member of Mobutu's bodyguard in