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The African Tyrants: Stories of the Continent's Worst Dictators
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Here are the stories of the men who stole away their people's right to freedom and prosperity. From the Congo, to Equatorial Guinea, to Central Africa, to Libya, to Eritrea; countries with enormous potential all over the continent of Africa were robbed of their right to succeed by their greedy leaders.
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Sources:
All Countries: Kenyon, P., 2018. Dictatorland: The Men who Stole Africa. Head of Zeus Ltd.
Congo:
Gifford, Paul (1971). France and Britain in Africa. Imperial Rivalry and Colonial Rule. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 221–260
Cawthorne, Nigel. The World's Worst Atrocities, 1999. Octopus Publishing Group
Marchal, Jules (1999). Forced labor in the gold and copper mines: a history of Congo under Belgian rule, 1910-1945.
Robarge, David. "CIA's Covert Operations in the Congo, 1960–1968: Insights from Newly Declassified Documents"
Wrong, Michela (2002). In The Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo. Perennial
Equatorial Guinea:
Campos, Alicia (2003). "The decolonization of Equatorial Guinea: the relevance of the international factor". Journal of African History
https://sites.tufts.edu/atroci....tyendings/2015/08/07
"Equatorial Guinea - EG Justice". www.egjustice.org. Retrieved 17 April2019
Alexander Smoltczyk (28 August 2006). "Rich in Oil, Poor in Human Rights: Torture and Poverty in Equatorial Guinea". Der Spiegel
BBC (14 November 2014) Equatorial Guinea profile
Central African Republic:
"One day we will start a big war". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017
Kalck, Pierre. (2005). Historical dictionary of the Central African Republic(3rd ed.). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press
Kalck, Pierre (2004). Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic
"The Cannibal Emperor of Bangui and Africa’s Forgotten Conflict" - https://www.vice.com/en/articl....e/9bzg73/the-canniba
Prial, Frank J.; Times, Special To the New York (2 September 1981). "Army Tropples Leader of Central African Republic"
"Central African Republic History". DiscoverWorld.com. 2018. Archivedfrom the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2018
Libya:
Schiller, Jon (29 November 2009). Internet View of the Arabic World. CreateSpace
"Zimbabwe: Reason Wafavarova – Reverence for Hatred of Democracy". The Herald. Harare
Sidaway, James D. (1989). "State‐supported terrorism: Libya and the American response". Paradigms. 3: 38–46.
‘Gadaffi still hunts 'stray dogs' in UK’, The Guardian, Martin Bright
Eritrea:
"Discourses on Liberation and Democracy – Eritrean Self-Views"
Louise Latt. "Eritrea Re-photographed: Landscape Changes in the Eritrean Highlands 1890–2004"
World Bank, Individuals using the Internet
HRW - “They are Making us into slaves, not educating us”
Help Refugees, Why are so many People fleeing Eritrea?
Music (In Order):
Brahms - Hungarian Dance No.5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCDygl0pttM
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (1st Movement) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbTVZMJ9Z2I
Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days - 1968 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3KEhWTnWvE
Camille Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyknBTm_YyM
Johann Strauss - An der schonen blauen Donau - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBPUundF1dA
Bach - Concerto for 2 violins, III. Allegro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJuTRlG_I1o
Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vawqt4-s7JU
Chopin - Nocturne in E Flat Major (Op. 9 No. 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p29JUpsOSTE
Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 8, R. 315 "L'estate": Presto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF-RvrMClRU
Viola d'amore Concerto in A Minor, RV 397: I. Vivace - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYZOKj0lldc
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLFVGwGQcB0
0:00 Introduction
2:15 D.R. Congo
9:09 Equatorial Guinea
16:30 Central African Republic
22:41 Libya
29:46 Eritrea
36:19 Conclusion
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