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Francisco MacĂ­as Nguema Part 1: The Forgotten Dictator

MacĂ­as' rule in Equatorial Guinea is a blood-curdling story of opportunism & paranoia.

This is the extraordinary, blood-curdling story of a dictator you may never have heard of. From 1968-79, the African nation of Equatorial Guinea was helmed by its first, and to date only, freely elected president. Initially, Francisco MacĂ­as Nguema was seen by the Spanish colonial authorities as a safe choice. He proved to be anything but. Things went off the rails at an astonishing rate, as MacĂ­as rapidly turned the country into what would be called the 'Dachau of Africa'. His is a tale of sheer opportunism on the way up, and drug-fuelled paranoia on the way down...

Narrated by Paul McGann. A Noiser production, written by Sean Coleman.

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50 minutes