| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (540 min.)) : digital. |
| Performer |
Read by Simon Vance. |
| Summary |
Equatorial Guinea is a tiny country roughly the size of the state of Maryland. Humid, jungle covered, and rife with unpleasant diseases, natives call it Devil Island. Its president in 2004, Obiang Nguema, had been accused of cannibalism, belief in witchcraft, mass murder, billion-dollar corruption, and general rule by terror. With so little to recommend it, why in March 2004 was Equatorial Guinea the target of a group of salty British, South African and Zimbabwean mercenaries, traveling on an American-registered ex-National Guard plane specially adapted for military purposes, that was originally flown to Africa by American pilots? The real motive lay deep below the ocean floor: oil. In The Dogs of War, Frederick Forsyth effectively described an attempt by mercenaries to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea - in 1972. And the chain of events surrounding the night of March 7, 2004, is a rare case of life imitating art-or, at least, life imitating a 1970s thriller-in almost uncanny detail. With a cast of characters worthy of a remake of Wild Geese and a plot as mazy as it was unlikely, The Wonga Coup is a tale of venality, overarching vanity and greed whose example speaks to the problems of the entire African continent. . |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Political corruption -- Equatorial Guinea -- History -- 21st century.
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Coups d'état -- Equatorial Guinea -- History -- 21st century.
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Mercenary troops -- Equatorial Guinea -- History -- 21st century.
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Mercenary troops -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century.
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Mercenary troops -- South Africa -- History -- 21st century.
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Mercenary troops -- Zimbabwe -- History -- 21st century.
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Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Equatorial Guinea -- History -- 21st century.
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Equatorial Guinea -- Politics and government -- 1979-
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| Added Author |
Vance, Simon.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781400122905 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1400122902 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10756477 |
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