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Anansi's gold the man who looted the west, outfoxed Washington, and swindled the world

"When Ghana won its independence from Britain in 1957, it instantly became a target for home-grown opportunists and rapacious Western interests determined to snatch any assets that colonialism hadn't already stripped. A CIA-funded military junta ousted the new nation's inspiring president, Kwame Nkr...

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Main Author: Yeebo, Yepoka (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.
Subjects:
Blay-Miezah, John Ackah, > 1941-1992.
Fraud.
Swindlers and swindling.
Ghana.
Biographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Our man
  • Kerosene boy
  • Legends and lies
  • One big cocktail party
  • Crooks and heroes
  • Three hotels
  • The crew
  • The longest con
  • Girard Bank
  • Multi, multi, multi
  • Hubris
  • Silk
  • President Blay-Miezah
  • House of cards
  • Deal with the devil
  • Our man in London
  • Glory and folly
  • Showboys all the way
  • Fool's gold
  • American grifter
  • Soon parted
  • The throne and the chain
  • The ultimate con man
  • Anansi's last tale
  • Epilogue: The rest is history.

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