'Auschwitz of Africa' The Insane Dictator Of Equatorial Guinea

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    When Equatorial Guinea achieved independence in 1968, its new beginning turned out to be the start of a nightmare that continues to this day. Hundreds of thousands of people would be driven into prisons, into exile, or into their graves, at the behest of one insane man: Francisco Macias Nguema. In this video, we’ll show you how this deranged man turned his country into the ‘Auschwitz of Africa.’ So stick around to learn about the mad dictator who dined with the dead and turned Santa Claus into an accomplice in his unspeakable crimes, and don’t forget to like this video to show your support for our content.
    Like so many dictators before him, the first thing Macias did was eliminate threats to his power. His rival in the election, a man named Bonifacio Ondo Edu, was accused of coup-plotting and arrested, along with a number of other officials and ministers. They were all executed or left to die in prison. They were the first to be accused of plotting against Macias but far from the last.
    In February 1969, Foreign Minister Atanasio Ndongo was accused of a different coup attempt. Macias’ guards cornered him in the cabinet room where the official story claims he leapt from a window to his death. Other witnesses insisted that Macias’ guards killed him, or that Macias himself threw the man from the window. Numerous others were implicated in this supposed conspiracy, including Saturnino Ibongo, the country’s UN ambassador, who was recalled to the country and executed minutes after getting off the plane. Of the 12 men who made up Macias’ first cabinet, only 2 would live to see his fall and by 1971 over 2/3rds of the original 1968 National Assembly had disappeared, never to be heard from again.
    #history #FranciscoMaciasNguema #dictator #documentary
    Music: Epidemic music
    Sources:
    Paul Kenyon, Dictatorland: The Men Who Stole Africa, (2018)
    Suzanne Cronje, Equatorial Guinea - The Forgotten Dictatorship: Forced Labour and Political Murder in Central Africa, Research Report for the Anti-Slavery Society, (1976)
    Rashid Suleiman, ‘Macias Nguema: Ruthless and Bloody Dictator, Afro Articles, November 2014, web.archive.org/web/201411040...
    Simon Baynham, ‘Equatorial Guinea: The Terror and the Coup’, The World Today 36, no. 2, (1980), www.jstor.org/stable/40395170
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  • @ADayInHistoryOfficial
    @ADayInHistoryOfficial  4 місяці тому +30

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    • @peacepoet1947
      @peacepoet1947 4 місяці тому

      Men who seek power get very evil over time. It's why a president is only allowed to serve a short term in office.

    • @michaeldowney2940
      @michaeldowney2940 4 місяці тому +1

      Like a holiday in Cambodia

    • @savagex466-qt1io
      @savagex466-qt1io 3 місяці тому

      Id love to see a video on how evil Assad is, this "man" if you can call him that. More of a monster really but anways he denies everything. I mean everything

    • @heathcameron
      @heathcameron 3 місяці тому

      You using the South African flag instead of Papa new guinea flag

    • @bartsimpson8616
      @bartsimpson8616 2 місяці тому +1

      nice chanal , do you got some videos of Belgian king , or Bushs , or clintons ,
      or maybe about tony blair , and any western psihopats ?

  • @TheDigitalApple
    @TheDigitalApple 4 місяці тому +1409

    Francisco Macías Nguema hated glasses and doctors? Reminds me of a certain Cambodian

  • @hiyashinsu17
    @hiyashinsu17 4 місяці тому +1440

    "Hates western culture"
    Wears a suit 💀

    • @sharonrigs7999
      @sharonrigs7999 4 місяці тому

      He's a Black African Communist-Nazi
      That's some confusion

    • @thereseemstobeenanerror1219
      @thereseemstobeenanerror1219 4 місяці тому +256

      Did you really expect a dictator to be consistent in their mentality?

    • @user-qf5kl6cv2y
      @user-qf5kl6cv2y 4 місяці тому +224

      And also uses Spanish 💀

    • @cw4608
      @cw4608 4 місяці тому +149

      Dictators are the worst hypocrites.

    • @LethalPoisonForThrSystem
      @LethalPoisonForThrSystem 4 місяці тому

      Out of all of the inconsistencies in this guy, yall point these out? Dude called himself a “hitlerian-Marxist” and thought that hitler was the savior of AFRICA. Wearing a suit and speaking spanish were the least of his problems

  • @Upgraydez
    @Upgraydez 4 місяці тому +648

    U know ur education system is bad when the leader of the country sends his kids to North Korea for a better education.

    • @mattmcgregor9528
      @mattmcgregor9528 3 місяці тому +47

      It was not that the education was weak , it was the fact that the communist governments all loved China and North Korea systems so sending them there would give them the best communist education

    • @crazychase98
      @crazychase98 3 місяці тому

      It was to brainwashed korea is know for there commie grooming

    • @ohno7153
      @ohno7153 2 місяці тому

      North Korean leaders don’t even make their children attend the schools- usually go to European countries such as Germany

    • @johannbrandstatter7419
      @johannbrandstatter7419 Місяць тому +1

      Ur education is also lacking severely by writing as if U were constantly on social media and a small screen on ur mobile phone...U get it?

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv Місяць тому

      North Korea actually hosts a lot of African countries in their international school as part of their bid for soft power and anti-western shtick.

  • @thereseemstobeenanerror1219
    @thereseemstobeenanerror1219 4 місяці тому +681

    It is deeply surprising to me that the military never turned on this guy even when things got exceptionally bad.

    • @nickislander4915
      @nickislander4915 4 місяці тому

      Brainwashing bf, most of the “soldiers” were children

    • @nathanc6516
      @nathanc6516 4 місяці тому

      He was voted in on the promise to steal from white people, so I'm not sure anyone in that country was educated at all. Or of they were, they didn't last.

    • @Arnold-fk9fm
      @Arnold-fk9fm 4 місяці тому +103

      It did. His nephew was the head of the military. And he is the president now

    • @thereseemstobeenanerror1219
      @thereseemstobeenanerror1219 4 місяці тому +87

      @@Arnold-fk9fm
      My point was that they only did it at the very tail end of the regime.

    • @nathanc6516
      @nathanc6516 4 місяці тому +71

      @@Arnold-fk9fm The military didn't turn on him, his brother did.

  • @TheJtyork420
    @TheJtyork420 4 місяці тому +420

    Poor little girl. Even the rulers of north korea dont have their kids go to school in north korea.

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv Місяць тому

      They do, what are you talking about? Only the most elite of the elite go to Switzerland for school.

    • @maroc3446
      @maroc3446 Місяць тому +5

      Imagine being the only black girl in NK

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv Місяць тому +1

      @@maroc3446 There were some other black students as KIS University, also taken from brutal African regimes on exchange programs.

  • @jean-huguesbitaamenye8785
    @jean-huguesbitaamenye8785 4 місяці тому +433

    Funnily, Nguema's family still leads. His nephew Obiang Nguema is president since 1979 and his son Teodorino should take over soon.

    • @nothanks9503
      @nothanks9503 4 місяці тому +3

      Why not you

    • @jason4275
      @jason4275 4 місяці тому +47

      we will see how long they last when the oil runs out.

    • @fredlfesl6026
      @fredlfesl6026 2 місяці тому +6

      Heard that obiang sometimes ate his opposition. Tbh it sounds unrealistic.

    • @TheScotian82
      @TheScotian82 2 місяці тому

      well theyre plenty f'n stupid arent they

    • @name22329y
      @name22329y 2 місяці тому

      ​@@fredlfesl6026he ate my sister

  • @KimJongBeIllinDaily
    @KimJongBeIllinDaily 4 місяці тому +215

    Equatorial Guinea is now one of if not the richest country in Africa. Or to be more specific, a couple hundred people in Equatorial Guinea make it the richest nation in Africa. The bulk of the population are subsistence farmers, or live in squalid homes with no sanitation. Unlike other dictatorial regimes in the continent, there’s almost no cracks or dissent. The citizenry is too beaten down and trying to feed themselves to care about politics, and the military top brass is extremely wealthy. The only real threat is EG’s entire economy being petroleum based, and and its small area of offshore drilling rights can’t sustain them forever. Time will tell, but it’s likely for at least the next several decades, nothing will change.

    • @johncheetham4607
      @johncheetham4607 Місяць тому

      Africa has turned to sh*t. I were a kid when I lived in West, East and South Africa. But because the West keep interfering it causes political problems that take decades to recover from.
      And the only reason us Westerners keep sticking our noses in their business is for the rare minerals they have.
      Americans are the worst for it!

    • @jimevans1112
      @jimevans1112 29 днів тому +1

      Kinda weird how the writers of that video left out that they're swimming in oil.

    • @KimJongBeIllinDaily
      @KimJongBeIllinDaily 29 днів тому

      It’s an extremely wealthy country. Pretty much the Qatar of Africa. Except unlike in Qatar where almost everyone is obscenely wealthy, only a select few have wealth in EG.

    • @johncheetham4607
      @johncheetham4607 29 днів тому +3

      I've lived in West, East and South Africa.
      Witnessed various cultures growing up.
      As I got older, took a interest in development.
      There is one common factor in Africa.
      Every single country in Africa is riddled with toxic corruption.
      Africa will never change.

    • @KimJongBeIllinDaily
      @KimJongBeIllinDaily 29 днів тому

      Must have been interesting, at least. There are some bright spots like Tanzania. But overall yeah, lots of work needs to be done.

  • @tabendikum4061
    @tabendikum4061 4 місяці тому +143

    His nephew is president now, the plight continues

    • @carboy101
      @carboy101 4 місяці тому

      A country of weak men.

    • @rapperx9820
      @rapperx9820 3 місяці тому +17

      He is way better. I mean he is corrupt but at least not insane

    • @huntertrum3658
      @huntertrum3658 2 місяці тому +21

      ​@@rapperx9820 doesn't make him any better, EG is still a miserable hellhole with thousands living in absolute poverty.

    • @garioch65
      @garioch65 2 місяці тому +34

      @@rapperx9820 He's still fairly insane. He banned fishing because a witch doctor told him it would lead to the end of his rule. He stopped the oil companies eradicating malaria on Malabo because they wouldn't bribe his wife to do so. The oldest son is allowed to run wild on rape binges whenever he's back in the country. He's pretty insane, just not extraordinarily insane.

  • @lupine.spirit161
    @lupine.spirit161 3 місяці тому +57

    Everytime I think ive heard it all, another deranged individual pops up. People never cease to be cruel to others

    • @Goodiesfanful
      @Goodiesfanful Місяць тому +1

      There never seems to be an end to deranged individuals coming to power. Donald Trump, for instance.

    • @funnyspoon5120
      @funnyspoon5120 26 днів тому +3

      @@Goodiesfanful Rent Free

    • @Barbarossa_F
      @Barbarossa_F 18 днів тому +4

      ​@@GoodiesfanfulComparing trump to any of these people in these videos, surely even you must see the absolute derangement you're under?

    • @strugglesxxx
      @strugglesxxx 8 днів тому

      ​@@GoodiesfanfulLook Trump is dangerous in a charismatic rich insane way, these dictators are dangerous by being just horrible and insane. Different lanes.

  • @benladenno1340
    @benladenno1340 4 місяці тому +98

    As a Nigerian I can attest to this 😢😢😢😢

  • @babbybailey2534
    @babbybailey2534 4 місяці тому +107

    Set limits on what fishing boats operated, so people couldn't escape. Geez, he thought of everything.

  • @thereseemstobeenanerror1219
    @thereseemstobeenanerror1219 4 місяці тому +210

    Hearing all of this has gotten me thinking.
    Is it possible for a monster to recognize their lack of humanity?
    Mostly because I suspect that if any dictator was forced to rationalize their actions.
    It would be just raw nonsense.

    • @tomz5704
      @tomz5704 4 місяці тому +34

      I think a bunch of them are fully aware and just don't care

    • @thereseemstobeenanerror1219
      @thereseemstobeenanerror1219 4 місяці тому +34

      @@tomz5704
      Undoubtedly, some of them most likely are.
      But others seem to genuinely believe In the insane rhetoric that they speak.

    • @CaesarRenasci
      @CaesarRenasci 4 місяці тому +8

      You ask thw a dweo question. You seem to be misled by the Enlightenment, however, into believing that evil stems from the lack of education or rationality. Like good, evil has NOTHING to do with rationality or edication.

    • @thereseemstobeenanerror1219
      @thereseemstobeenanerror1219 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@CaesarRenasci
      That has absolutely nothing to do with my original question which was is possible for someone to be self-aware and still choose to be an evil person.

    • @tomz5704
      @tomz5704 4 місяці тому

      @@thereseemstobeenanerror1219 absolutely

  • @florianmerten7348
    @florianmerten7348 3 місяці тому +37

    just imagin being one of those who thought the day of indipendence was the happiest day for your country.. and then find yourself in a torture room

    • @Alexfoligno
      @Alexfoligno 2 місяці тому +4

      They voted for this guy tho

    • @antemrkic1702
      @antemrkic1702 2 місяці тому

      Whities owned land, Whities bad

    • @mjwbulich
      @mjwbulich Місяць тому

      This is the outcome of almost every revolution or governmental overthrow in human history. They start out with the best of intentions but once that power vacuum is created the people that fill it are even more tyrannical and corrupt.

    • @andretait2817
      @andretait2817 Місяць тому

      Idiot voters are a problem all over

    • @nicolestimothy9921
      @nicolestimothy9921 4 дні тому

      A true indepdendance is when the people run the country to the brighter future. but in this even just shows the country is not yet free, but under new management...

  • @NinjaDildoShow
    @NinjaDildoShow 4 місяці тому +215

    *Nobody ever blames those who follow the orders though.*

    • @leftear99
      @leftear99 4 місяці тому +1

      They're still convicting nazis for the Holocaust ...people absolutely blame those following orders

    • @jejehatesme31
      @jejehatesme31 4 місяці тому +16

      why the bold letters

    • @rapperx9820
      @rapperx9820 3 місяці тому +21

      Easy to say living in the western world

    • @IronFreakV
      @IronFreakV 3 місяці тому +60

      easier said than done, self preservation is one of the strongest instincts we have and not following orders almost certainly would get you killed in a context like this

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 3 місяці тому

      Typical Holocaust Excuse:
      *_*JUST FOLLOWING ORDERS*_*

  • @grinchoi1
    @grinchoi1 3 місяці тому +27

    Hating the educated people is what Pol Potts did as well.. the guy was beyond insane

    • @idipped2521
      @idipped2521 3 місяці тому +10

      Pol Pot you mean?

    • @eboyd2478
      @eboyd2478 2 місяці тому

      The US did it to Black people, made being educated a crime.

    • @cathrynhesketh5703
      @cathrynhesketh5703 2 місяці тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂​@@idipped2521

    • @michaelcribb7205
      @michaelcribb7205 2 місяці тому

      Pol pot

    • @LoopHoleLeeRoy
      @LoopHoleLeeRoy Місяць тому +2

      My history teacher name was Paul Pot. He didn’t appreciate the jokes..

  • @rabbitholesinc
    @rabbitholesinc 4 місяці тому +29

    I like how you said, "And don't forget to like this video to show your support for this content."
    That's a good way to say it. It's a great channel. I've been subbed for a while now and appreciate your topics and research. Thanks.

  • @cazinman5419
    @cazinman5419 4 місяці тому +78

    Sounds like an unfortunate familiar story😢 There are a few dictators like this still around today

    • @snuscaboose1942
      @snuscaboose1942 4 місяці тому +14

      Such as in Equatorial Guinea, where Nguema was toppled in a coup by his nephew, Teodoro Obiang in 1979. In Nov 2022, Obiang won 99.7% of the vote to earn another term after 43 years in power.

    • @Rootiga
      @Rootiga 3 місяці тому +2

      Depends on how you define a few, theres dozens

    • @jimjones1130
      @jimjones1130 3 місяці тому

      Biden comes to mind locking up political opponents

    • @professionalpookie
      @professionalpookie Місяць тому

      ​@@Rootigaplease name them

    • @professionalpookie
      @professionalpookie Місяць тому

      Name them

  • @ellaeadig263
    @ellaeadig263 3 місяці тому +48

    Up until now, the actions of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia were the most horrifying that I had ever heard. This blows them out of the water.

    • @bawsack69
      @bawsack69 3 місяці тому

      Ever heard of the rape of Nanking? That's another level.

    • @Perclocept
      @Perclocept Місяць тому +2

      Check out Rwanda or the conflict in the C.A.R. You’d be surprised.

    • @mjwbulich
      @mjwbulich Місяць тому +10

      It's about scale. Nguema was awful, but he killed tens of thousands of people over more than a decade as ruler. The Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot killed millions in just a few years. What happened in Cambodia was far, far worse.

    • @KalashVodka175
      @KalashVodka175 Місяць тому +1

      @@mjwbulich Tbh you also have to scale it down to the population of the country. Cambodia was more populous than Equatorial Guinea.

    • @taksanetoshi9859
      @taksanetoshi9859 Місяць тому

      Congo worse

  • @foreskinfairy8975
    @foreskinfairy8975 2 місяці тому +190

    "hitlerian-marxist" is something i'd expect some modern shitposter to come up with

    • @publiusventidiusbassus1232
      @publiusventidiusbassus1232 2 місяці тому +23

      The father of nazbol

    • @DuvalRypr
      @DuvalRypr Місяць тому

      You mean neoliberal. Sounds like most of them nowadays anyway tbh.

    • @kelechi_77
      @kelechi_77 Місяць тому +1

      Hitlerianism

    • @jenniferj5324
      @jenniferj5324 Місяць тому +3

      It's what the Ivy Leagues are pumping out nowadays 😂

    • @homuraakemi493
      @homuraakemi493 Місяць тому

      ​@@jenniferj5324Ew please don't insult hitlerian marxists like that 😂

  • @byteme11
    @byteme11 4 місяці тому +89

    This guy makes idi amin look like Winston Churchill.

    • @ProletarianPaleontologist
      @ProletarianPaleontologist 3 місяці тому

      Churchill killed millions as well

    • @jestfuldemigod
      @jestfuldemigod 3 місяці тому

      Winston Churchill was worse than Idi amin tho, mf killed more than hitler in India

    • @hypertech116
      @hypertech116 Місяць тому +7

      Churchill's pretty bad, but he saved the world from a worse evil so he's mostly remembered as a heroic leader. He never really had a chance to show his full imperialist attitude because he was a hero of the story. But he was extremely racist to the point where he deliberately refused to make food available to Indians for many years so enemies wouldn't get supplies if they took India.

    • @homuraakemi493
      @homuraakemi493 Місяць тому

      ​​@@hypertech116aww does the wittle baby need he foodie woodies?

    • @FormerPessitheRobberfan
      @FormerPessitheRobberfan 28 днів тому +2

      ​@@hypertech116that seems like more of a strategic thing than racism.

  • @josh656
    @josh656 4 місяці тому +24

    African dictators. Not even once.

  • @TheLuvMummy
    @TheLuvMummy 4 місяці тому +67

    If modern Kanye took over a nation

    • @carboy101
      @carboy101 4 місяці тому +12

      100%

    • @sophiawilson8696
      @sophiawilson8696 4 місяці тому +7

      You are exaggerating! LoL😁😂

    • @ivangordienko8081
      @ivangordienko8081 2 місяці тому

      Marxism-Hitlerism 💀💀💀

    • @gigiarmany4332
      @gigiarmany4332 2 місяці тому

      what an ignorant comment, Kanye is & was married to a white woman for starters , I'm not a fan of his but he has not hurt a single person , why compare him to such an evil killer of men...you are less then wise

    • @KalashVodka175
      @KalashVodka175 Місяць тому +4

      This dictator aligned with the USSR. Modern Kanye would not do that.

  • @jimreuss
    @jimreuss 4 місяці тому +43

    Why do you show the South African flag at 0:23?

    • @dilcoolio9280
      @dilcoolio9280 2 місяці тому +6

      Why did he throw shade at us like that

    • @dilcoolio9280
      @dilcoolio9280 2 місяці тому +6

      15:32 even here you can see the south African police badge

    • @theesecretchannel
      @theesecretchannel Місяць тому +1

      YeAh I was wondering that too.

  • @aisforapple2494
    @aisforapple2494 4 місяці тому +32

    Santa Clauses machine gunning people to 'Those Were The Days, My Friend' sounds like the demented fantasy of a rejected "theatre kid"!

  • @sandrajackson709
    @sandrajackson709 3 місяці тому +9

    As soon as i heard he burned 100 million dollars in Africa I knew his death was going to be brutal and that he had no chance of escape

  • @J.C...
    @J.C... Місяць тому +7

    My dad worked in Equatorial Guinea back in the 2000's. He worked in Nigeria and Angola after that. He worked in the oil & gas industry.

  • @wellthatwaswierd4570
    @wellthatwaswierd4570 3 місяці тому +18

    Did they base the plot of Far Cry 6 off this? It's so eerily similar, from the citizens forced into slave labor, to a "presidential area no civilians can enter, to the way the economy collapsed in the late 60s to mid 70s...it goes on and on. Can't be coincidental

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 3 місяці тому +5

      @wellthatwaswierd4570
      Giancarlo Esposito playing main antagonist in *_Far Cry 6_*
      😂😂😂
      He Was Acting.
      😡😐😐😡
      OR WAS HE??

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv Місяць тому

      It probably is based on Nguema.

    • @KalashVodka175
      @KalashVodka175 Місяць тому

      Theres been dozens of dictators in recent decades

    • @AstarionWifey
      @AstarionWifey Місяць тому

      I thought it was inspired by Cuba

  • @banzai_23.
    @banzai_23. 4 місяці тому +24

    love the video you should make a video someday about john bedel bokassa as he was just as mad as Macías in many ways they even met once.

    • @devinwatkins8953
      @devinwatkins8953 3 місяці тому +1

      The video was good. Man gots money and wanted to use it to support the channel.
      This guy is good. And he deserves thanks for providing when he didn't have to. ​@Robotfromouterfuckingspace

  • @NipplesOfDestiny
    @NipplesOfDestiny 2 місяці тому +2

    I learn something new every new video of yours I watch, your channel is a real gem. Thank you for making this content

  • @lymarie1974
    @lymarie1974 3 місяці тому +4

    Never heard of this time in history.
    Thank you for the lesson ❤

  • @erikm8372
    @erikm8372 4 місяці тому +91

    So it sounds like he was trying to fully clear his country of the European and colonial influence, and western influence, in general. Yet… did they continue speaking Spanish? Why didn’t he promote the return to ancient, native languages of the region?

    • @Griff00
      @Griff00 4 місяці тому +50

      he did, he attempted to make fang the national language but pretty much everybody spoke spanish still anyways

    • @carboy101
      @carboy101 4 місяці тому +2

      @@Griff00😂😂😂

    • @mr.battledroid2195
      @mr.battledroid2195 4 місяці тому +1

      Equatorial wasn’t a colony since Franco came to power

    • @redskeleton9204
      @redskeleton9204 3 місяці тому +4

      Kinda gives the perspective that even some of the most heinous of people or movements originate with good intentions, their journey along that road changes them into something far more evil

    • @dylanhaji101
      @dylanhaji101 3 місяці тому +6

      You think it’s just that easy to make a whole country switch languages?

  • @joshuajoseph8849
    @joshuajoseph8849 4 місяці тому +15

    Thanks for making these videos

  • @playcetbradshaw9673
    @playcetbradshaw9673 Місяць тому +18

    "we reject all western ideals...except communisim..we looove a de comminesem"

    • @blueyedevil3479
      @blueyedevil3479 21 день тому

      Communism isn’t a western ideology … and they sure as f^ck love their oil money

  • @reneedennis2011
    @reneedennis2011 4 місяці тому +11

    This monster was also profiled on African Biographics.

  • @sp4cem4n70
    @sp4cem4n70 2 місяці тому +5

    How do 100s of thousands people sit around and let ONE man do all these horrible things to them??

  • @mastercrazyyyd7699
    @mastercrazyyyd7699 3 місяці тому +11

    I have an interesting personal story related to this country, which is still also an ongoing situation. Mind you these are all unconfirmed allegations. Allegedly the embassy of Equatorial Guinea in New York is laundering money. My dad's company is a client of the government and embassy of the Equatorial Guinea, they suspect that a representative of the ambassador (or the man himself, I'm unsure of the details since names haven't been given to me) of the Equatorial Guinea has been laundering money through the government since he will always show up with more funds than needed for his insurance pay and will allegedly end up walking out of the building with money that was most likely for insurance that would never be paid and end up in his pockets.

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv Місяць тому

      You need to reach out to the press with this. If half of what you say is true, then it would be big news.

    • @mastercrazyyyd7699
      @mastercrazyyyd7699 Місяць тому

      @@ferretyluv I would need some kind of hard evidence and not just speculation if I want a police case to go against the Equatorial Guinea Embassy. I‘m also scared what would happen if I went to the press about something this serious.

    • @ferretyluv
      @ferretyluv Місяць тому +2

      @@mastercrazyyyd7699 You can report it anonymously to a reporter. You don’t necessarily need hard evidence yourself. That’s the investigative reporter’s job. You’re just giving a tip.

    • @winedrinka
      @winedrinka 29 днів тому

      @@mastercrazyyyd7699 please report it anonymously

  • @Olliethesnowman
    @Olliethesnowman 4 місяці тому +28

    They should make a movie about him

  • @FarhanChowdhury-ws8pw
    @FarhanChowdhury-ws8pw 21 день тому

    Very very well researched video.

  • @empireman2867
    @empireman2867 3 місяці тому +5

    Had to look up the song “Those were the days, my Friends” and now knowing they played this as soldiers dressed as SC gunned down people is disturbing af

  • @WrongWayRomanGabe
    @WrongWayRomanGabe 4 місяці тому +26

    why is this channel not bigger. love this content..history, drama and terror all in one..smh.only bad part about it is real life never has a happy ending and all the death and misery gets wa too heavy at times..need a break..but imagine how they feel so we, in comparison are living better than royalty, cause even royalty back in the day only had a lifespan of 35 on average lol

    • @joelhernstrom6060
      @joelhernstrom6060 4 місяці тому +1

      You have misunderstood how average lifespan works. The reason for it being so low back in the day was because TONS of children died before the age of 5, therefore bringing the average way down

    • @taksanetoshi9859
      @taksanetoshi9859 Місяць тому

      Garbage. Most people lived as long as us.
      It was the number of babies and toddlers that died super young that brought AVERAGE life expectency down so low.
      Statistics are complex and often deceptive.

  • @taymeck8108
    @taymeck8108 2 місяці тому +3

    Poor folks😢 who listens to a mad man like that.

  • @janduplessis5190
    @janduplessis5190 4 місяці тому +18

    In some African countries leaders haven't changed much.

    • @carboy101
      @carboy101 4 місяці тому +3

      The people haven’t changed either. That’s why the leaders don’t change

    • @Meerah0327
      @Meerah0327 4 місяці тому +2

      @@carboy101?? what does that mean?

    • @jstragland
      @jstragland 3 місяці тому

      Not at all! And its always everyone elses fault

    • @shaneduggan7901
      @shaneduggan7901 2 місяці тому +1

      Perpetual

  • @Ajaws
    @Ajaws 4 місяці тому +28

    “Hitlerian Marxist”? What the absolute fuck was he on

    • @Fr33zeBurn
      @Fr33zeBurn 4 місяці тому +1

      Hitler's party were Nationalist and socialists so it's not really that much of a stretch. Both planned economy models with totalitarianism at their core.

    • @TheDigitalApple
      @TheDigitalApple 4 місяці тому +3

      He’s post post Marxist.

    • @kenneth9874
      @kenneth9874 4 місяці тому +2

      Kinda like the democrat hierarchy

    • @Ajaws
      @Ajaws 4 місяці тому

      @@kenneth9874 shut up goofy

    • @Prodigy68
      @Prodigy68 4 місяці тому

      Jesuitical education.

  • @markross2124
    @markross2124 4 місяці тому +18

    Doesn't the country have offshore oil reserves which has resulted in several nations dealing with this regime in order to maximize potential oil profits. Please do a video on this subject.

    • @markmike7933
      @markmike7933 4 місяці тому +1

      yes let's ALWAYS blame outside corporations OR the US :) lol you guys make me laugh :)

    • @Traorelepremier
      @Traorelepremier 4 місяці тому +2

      @@Ben_Silverstein34 What an oversimplification of how these dudes even become leaders. Let’s figure out which nation is taking the place of France since they’ve been ushered out of the Sahelien states; I have my guesses 😂😂

    • @oedipamaas2067
      @oedipamaas2067 12 днів тому

      @@markmike7933you're acting like that would be illogical but the corps have literally never been held responsible formally when they clearly contribute massively to the sorrows of post colonial countries throughout africa and asia

  • @marcelorodriguez183
    @marcelorodriguez183 4 місяці тому +66

    I bet some people out there would still claim that all the misery Africans experience is still due to colonization. They never blame it on the corrupt African individuals who hurt their own people

    • @sparklemotion8377
      @sparklemotion8377 4 місяці тому

      Why do the colonisers protect the dictators and lynch leaders who want to help their people?

    • @Seanke23
      @Seanke23 4 місяці тому +43

      Combination of both, don't get cocky...

    • @scipioafricanus9841
      @scipioafricanus9841 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@Seanke23 Please ignore this ignorant Spaniard. The West assist these cruel African leaders to remain in power as their puppets.

    • @Meerah0327
      @Meerah0327 4 місяці тому +1

      A lot of African suffering is because of colonization…Slavey, Colonization, Killings by Europeans are still happening…they just don’t write papers about it anymore

    • @flimcomedy7667
      @flimcomedy7667 4 місяці тому +1

      Its funny because you forgot the mention the long list of them with Western support and backing. And also those that wanted changed yet did not favor the West faced assassination. You think Western puppets are building schools and hospitals? Look at the cartel violence in Mexico how top cartel leaders have US intelligence backing yet you always blame the natives?

  • @Charango123quena
    @Charango123quena 3 місяці тому +1

    Wow..where have I heard the same just recently..

  • @Cardi859
    @Cardi859 4 місяці тому +9

    0:22
    I'm confused as to why the South African flag is being used when we're speaking about Equatorial Guinea.

  • @comrade7324
    @comrade7324 Місяць тому +36

    Can wait for the Netflix series about how that guy was a big supporter of civil rights and against colonialism!

  • @zyzzkant4733
    @zyzzkant4733 4 місяці тому +16

    Bro bringing stone age back

  • @FitzChivalryFarseer2
    @FitzChivalryFarseer2 4 місяці тому +2

    at 23:32 I have never seen a subscribe button light up like it does automatically at that point once
    didnt even know that was a thing youtube could do

  • @Tuzganaq
    @Tuzganaq Місяць тому +3

    Hitler = "a warrior against imperialism"? Wow... Macias was indeed a champion of twistedness.

  • @CultOfMonika
    @CultOfMonika 4 місяці тому +9

    The correct word you're looking for is "tyrant".

  • @XNY556-Apple
    @XNY556-Apple 4 місяці тому +3

    Interesting. Soldiers in Santa Claus uniforms.

  • @arthurv8905
    @arthurv8905 Місяць тому

    I actually went to school with a direct relative of Macias Nguema. I knew his family were major figures in EG at the time, but not to this degree. He was a very nice person, so you can imagine my surprise when I read his family name in the history of the country.

  • @HyPotterinuse
    @HyPotterinuse 15 днів тому +1

    I don’t think I have ever heard anyone have the idea of sending their child to North Korea for an education. Even the Kim family was educated in Europe.

  • @erickzuniga3113
    @erickzuniga3113 4 місяці тому +5

    Que tristeza

  • @wraynephew6838
    @wraynephew6838 2 місяці тому +10

    Thank god my Ancestors were slaves brought to Jamaica.
    I am born and live in the U.S. I am grateful everyday for it

    • @IyamSoRaya
      @IyamSoRaya 2 місяці тому +2

      I'm half Jamaican and it's corrupt there too. Same in america.

    • @name22329y
      @name22329y 2 місяці тому

      ​@@IyamSoRayaevery government is to some extent there not for the ppl they fill there pockets

    • @971Cici
      @971Cici 2 місяці тому +1

      So you're grateful for slavery? Souch stupidity, how things are going for you in trench town tho?

    • @jenniferj5324
      @jenniferj5324 Місяць тому +2

      ​@IyamSoRaya yeah but you are generally not going to die of thirst or get your eyes gouged out by political opponents in the US ... at least not yet ... as bad as it is in the USA, most of the world has it worse. We at least can buy guns and have more free speech than most other countries.

    • @ElectronFieldPulse
      @ElectronFieldPulse 9 днів тому

      @@IyamSoRaya- It’s not even close to the same thing. You must not study a lot, eh?

  • @lordofchangelulz6645
    @lordofchangelulz6645 25 днів тому +2

    This guy is the african version of Pol Pot

  • @cerogravity8653
    @cerogravity8653 2 місяці тому +1

    It’s crazy how in most of these genocides it’s always the people at the bottom killing the people at the top, it happened in Cambodia and also in Rwanda.

  • @agpaok0704
    @agpaok0704 4 місяці тому +37

    In Greece we have this issue as well. 3 families, puppets of USA, govern Greece since 1974. Recent crime was discovered in 2021, when they counted the population of the country. They are guilty of genocide, with half a million Greek population missing in only 10 years.

    • @Fr33zeBurn
      @Fr33zeBurn 4 місяці тому +14

      Maybe they emmigrated from the failed state of Greece? I know a few Greeks who moved here.

    • @agpaok0704
      @agpaok0704 4 місяці тому +8

      @@Fr33zeBurn Of course they left. And at the same time immigrants come and they get paid without doing anything.

    • @Fr33zeBurn
      @Fr33zeBurn 4 місяці тому

      Oh I get you ;) Yeah it is too easy to just change country when things are hard. No one fights and builds successful societies anymore they just leech off of the already good ones.@@agpaok0704

    • @Garbeaux.
      @Garbeaux. 4 місяці тому +2

      What three families rule Greece?

    • @agpaok0704
      @agpaok0704 4 місяці тому +12

      @@Garbeaux. Yep check it out: Karamanlis, Papandreou, Mitsotakis

  • @noahlonaker2668
    @noahlonaker2668 Місяць тому +3

    Jesus Christ this guy makes kim jong un look sane and rational

  • @TheManWhoStoleTheShadows
    @TheManWhoStoleTheShadows 3 місяці тому +1

    22:35 Small splash text error, great content though.

  • @napatora
    @napatora 17 днів тому

    man, this is one of those "and then things got worse" stories. my heart goes out to the victims of this regime

  • @jason4275
    @jason4275 4 місяці тому +16

    _Where the F was the African Union on this guy, I guess they was busy dealing with Apartheid South Africa._

    • @GPS2FindMe
      @GPS2FindMe 3 місяці тому +11

      You need to remember that South Africans had a lot to do with ending apartheid. Citizens from grade 7 already were taking to the streets to protest, going into exile in other countries for military training & to raise awareness. Even musical artists like Mariam Makeba did a lot for the world to take notice. So unlike Guinea where most people conformed or were in jail or killed, black South Africans realised they were the majority so even though many were killed, they understood you couldn’t kill them all & made the world take note of the atrocities that were happening

  • @-Thauma-
    @-Thauma- 4 місяці тому +11

    This is scary. I honestly don't like it. However, we need to know the truth.

  • @issamoshi
    @issamoshi Місяць тому +1

    What a TWIST that Moroccans were the ones who finished this fool. I'm proud that my country has prints all over the world.
    These Moroccans made us proud.

    • @look_into_it
      @look_into_it 26 днів тому +1

      Yeah I hear you people run the drug cartels in Europe

  • @taoflo8015
    @taoflo8015 3 місяці тому +1

    And his favourite title Master of Ceremonies 😎

  • @BlackFlagHeathen
    @BlackFlagHeathen 2 місяці тому +5

    >”Hitlerian Marxist”
    Twitter tankies be like

  • @miraclemay24
    @miraclemay24 4 місяці тому +5

    I bet they dont like Christmas

    • @lilacghoste8366
      @lilacghoste8366 3 місяці тому

      Even french don't like it Ethier.
      Its more of Zionist capitalistic holiday

  • @ibnurismail5964
    @ibnurismail5964 18 днів тому

    Most brutal and underrated unknown dictator

  • @user-mh6pz8rq9d
    @user-mh6pz8rq9d 2 місяці тому +2

    7:09 "The Unique Miracle"...
    What a bastard 😂

  • @marcwolfleach
    @marcwolfleach 3 місяці тому +4

    First thing he does his accuse and arrest all his political opponents of attempting a coup
    That sounds familiar

  • @jerome_skits
    @jerome_skits Місяць тому +4

    And the why the is the South African flag🇿🇦 innit?

  • @ganju_san2675
    @ganju_san2675 2 місяці тому +2

    Bonifacio Ondu Edu.
    Good people are often not aware of the lengths and measures evil people use to achieve their goals

  • @anthonycrumb5753
    @anthonycrumb5753 2 місяці тому +2

    I spent about 2yrs in EG, working on the Island. The island of (ex) Fernando Po or as it is now called Macias Neguema Biyoko. It is areally primeval place, I have sailed right around the Island a few times - it SERIOUSLY resembles "Skull Island" from a King Kong flick, if you saw pteodactyls flying around and a few dinosaurs walking on the beach you woud say " oh look there are some dinosaurs" no big deal, it really has that vibe.
    The local people are really quite miserable and totally unlike the neighbours from Nigeria or Cameroun do not seem to posess the " happy gene" - no matter how bad things may seem to be they always have a smile and a laugh - eternal optomists - no so EG but I suppose looking at their terrible post - colonial history it might be the reason why.

  • @justkittensbeingkittens5892
    @justkittensbeingkittens5892 2 місяці тому +7

    Damn I have respect for how often you said “Bubi” with a straight face. Excellent vid

  • @davelordy
    @davelordy 3 місяці тому +3

    Your flag at 00:22 is the South African flag, not the Equatorial Guinean flag.

  • @user-ic8rc9qc9l
    @user-ic8rc9qc9l Місяць тому

    this is why not just anyone can be a leader

  • @FallOnThese
    @FallOnThese Місяць тому

    how was this possible?

  • @mustangboss1246
    @mustangboss1246 4 місяці тому +7

    @0:22 you have the south african flag there doos

    • @GPS2FindMe
      @GPS2FindMe 3 місяці тому +3

      Proper doos

    • @Goon556
      @Goon556 3 місяці тому +4

      Actual naai

  • @briandickey2201
    @briandickey2201 4 місяці тому +9

    You know what's sad if you look at history. All these dictators came from being poor. you would figure they would embrace human life where did they mentally go wrong? trust me I'm am not favoring them at all.but I find that interesting that they didn't come from or alot of them come from prominent families?but from being poor?

    • @skipperson4077
      @skipperson4077 4 місяці тому +3

      I think you need to revisit this. Most were at least middle class in their own country, most were intellectuals by the standards of their country. Mao wasn't a peasant rice farmer. Pol Pot went to elite French schools. Historically most dictators were kings and the poor are generally too busy just surviving to suddenly be lifted into the reins of power, see failed peasant rebellions. One generalization you can make - freedom fighters rarely brought freedom, weren't well prepared in personality or training to be administrators.

    • @jenniferj5324
      @jenniferj5324 Місяць тому

      Yeah like the other person said, the leaders were usually educated and at least middle class. They used the poor as their foot soldiers.

  • @m.scottreeder
    @m.scottreeder 11 днів тому

    This is the first time I learned of this dictator. Never knew of these crimes against humanity.
    About two and a half years ago, I first discovered the events of The Congo when that country broke out into a communist civil war during the early 1960s.
    In a city named Stanleyville in The Congo, communist revolutionaries called the Simbas took the town, and began committing atrocities against the white Belgian missionaries.
    Catholic nuns were raped and murdered, children were bound in barbed wire, then shot in the head. The childrens’ stomachs were cut open, so their livers could be eaten by the rebels.
    Doctors there were executed, as were innocent white nurses and volunteers. These rebels then began mass executions against their own countrymen because these people worked alongside with the Belgian missionaries.

  • @randywatts6969
    @randywatts6969 Місяць тому

    Emperor Bokassa used to make “ cannibal soup”😮

  • @brrrtd
    @brrrtd 4 місяці тому +6

    Yeah, Those Were The Days...

    • @ayla8d
      @ayla8d 3 місяці тому

      Wtf

  • @DT-wp4hk
    @DT-wp4hk 4 місяці тому +2

    9:12 first Aethalstans ruins Flokis life. And later he went to Africa.

  • @look_into_it
    @look_into_it 26 днів тому

    Hmm was there a swimming pool and choir for recreation?

  • @cw4608
    @cw4608 4 місяці тому +4

    I would like to see more videos on the manipulations and interferences of world powers into other countries affairs.

  • @mustangboss1246
    @mustangboss1246 3 місяці тому +2

    He sounds allot like Julius Malema if the EFF in south africa..

  • @Audios2010
    @Audios2010 Місяць тому

    Associating online digital security with a dictators paranoia is insane 😭😭😭

    • @antoniobabb1938
      @antoniobabb1938 Місяць тому

      It’s not paranoia remember c19 lockdowns and shutdowns for questioning?

  • @Orthofrog99
    @Orthofrog99 4 місяці тому +6

    Whats the go with africans and government. It's almost like it wasn't ever to work out.

    • @Meerah0327
      @Meerah0327 4 місяці тому

      A good African politician tries to help Africa, he/she is killed by American and Europe. A bad politician exist, they let him be

    • @donpablitojuarez4640
      @donpablitojuarez4640 4 місяці тому +2

      @@Meerah0327Its because a good leader wont let American and European corporations exploit their countries

    • @covertcounsellor6797
      @covertcounsellor6797 4 місяці тому +5

      I agree that its a good question. And no, it’s not enough to just blame those evil Europeans and corporations. There is some hidden factor at play that produce leaders like Macias, Mobutu, Amin, Bokassa, Nkrumah and the rest. Yes, I know Asia has had dictators and authoritarian governments as has Europe and South America, but the African ones just seem so much more vicious and pathological (OK, maybe the Kim dynasty in North Korea and the Khmer Rouge are on par).

    • @user-lp7xv7sn2u
      @user-lp7xv7sn2u 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@covertcounsellor6797i dont see how african dictators are worse or more cruel than their worldwide counterparts. theyre equally as bad to me. it benefits wealthy nations for africa to be politically unstable. and that creates the perfect conditions for dictators and government corruption

    • @covertcounsellor6797
      @covertcounsellor6797 3 місяці тому

      @@user-lp7xv7sn2u Actually a pretty good point. On reflection for every Amin and Macias, you can point to a Mao or a Pol Pot. I do think you’re right that it suits certain elites in said wealthy nations for Africa to be unstable. Imagine the impact an “OPEC for Lithium and Cobalt” would have on the world economy (and certain people’s profits), for example. Astute observations.

  • @israelizzyyarrashamiaak766
    @israelizzyyarrashamiaak766 4 місяці тому +3

    😮 suddenly the crazy kings of Europe seem not so bad at all. Unless you married that one Tudor and then ya know you lost your head but dayummm even that psycho seems sane after watching this madness.

    • @IyamSoRaya
      @IyamSoRaya 2 місяці тому

      They were all trash 🗑

  • @alect5953
    @alect5953 2 місяці тому

    Is this dude related to Bokassa? Because both of their stories sound similar.

  • @chrisallen1049
    @chrisallen1049 2 місяці тому

    Top gear slipped in

  • @noelsalisbury7448
    @noelsalisbury7448 4 місяці тому +3

    Idi Amin.....

  • @elizabethsmith8609
    @elizabethsmith8609 3 місяці тому +3

    We always blame the despot at the top but can't help but vote for them when they mention taking things off others to give to them so we the common people are part of it .....every time I hear " let's make this country great again " I get scared

  • @GardevoirBoy1991
    @GardevoirBoy1991 4 дні тому +1

    Francisco Macías Nguema loved playing God, didn't he? He definitely had a God complex.

  • @Mr.DalekLK
    @Mr.DalekLK 2 місяці тому

    The best thing is that he was replaced by his nephew who is now a dictator

  • @alpiekaar
    @alpiekaar 4 місяці тому +5

    no different to day. in uk ..usa.. most of Europe. Canada an egotistic mad person in charge

  • @C21H30O2
    @C21H30O2 4 місяці тому +4

    Dont fight back. Just run away. Sounds like S America

    • @arithgutierrez
      @arithgutierrez 4 місяці тому +1

      Is it possible to just watch these videos without spreading our own personal political ideals?

    • @carboy101
      @carboy101 4 місяці тому

      @@arithgutierrezProbably not. These videos are political in nature