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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 375: Decolonization and Francisco Macias Nguema
Description: The boys drink and review Jailbreak's Hey Porter, then discuss the life and career of a famous decolonizer, Francisco Macias Nguema.
Equatorial Guinea was colonized by the Spanish. Nguema started his career as a mid-level civil servant with the Spanish government. He was corrupt from the beginning, but maintained a good relationship with the Spanish.
When the tides turned and anti-colonialist sentiment grew, he saw his opportunity and ran for president. The Spanish supported him because they thought he was on their side.
He started off with a very aggressive campaign to rid the country of anything from the...