The Man Who Destroyed His Country - Macias Nguema "The Pol Pot of Africa"

Not many dictators can claim to have sent their country back to the stone age, but Francisco Macias Nguema certainly tried his best to do just that. Sometimes called "The Pol Pot of Africa" Nguema's ten year rule of terror turned Equatorial Guinea from a plantation economy into the "Dachau of Africa".
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[@snippyJ]

Bloody hell, this is the first time I've ever heard about this crazy bastard. What a piece of work.

[@WHSmith-zk2ox]

Oh, they have a lot of these Gems over Africa way.... Lovely continent.....

[@Runthemjewels]

@@WHSmith-zk2ox I mean did you miss the whole part where the only reason he was able to get in power and do all this in the first place was explicitly because he was groomed by western countries for this very position? And he certainly wasn’t the only one, he was a dime a dozen among several African dictators that rose to power around this time. He’s just one of the very few examples of it backfiring on the west bc he successfully kicked them out, as opposed to the standard model where western countries reap all the benefits while the same degree of oppression against the natives happens.

[@WHSmith-zk2ox]

@@Runthemjewels Didn't take any "grooming" at all... It's what comes naturally to the heathens over there... Been going on throughout history, before it was even written.... So climb down off your sanctimonious soap box and get a life... Hell, you wouldn't even have the inkling of what fair play in government is supposed to be unless the western civilization invented that concept, or at least followed through on a concept the Greeks originally introduced and put into play.

[@willwalker6894]

He almost seems unreal by how utterly insane he’s explained here.

[@pussygalore731]

​@Action potential Doesn't surprise me it was Spain that put him in they are a horrible people

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Could you imagine having to explain to the executioners that they were to wear santa suits

[@sleazymeezy]

Ahem,.. wear these or share their fate.

[@irvvalenzuen3135]

@@sleazymeezy this guy dictates

[@drsnooker1776]

Nice profile pic.

[@avaevathornton9851]

Macius: Oh, and wear Santa suits when you're doing it Executioner: Santa suits? BRILLIANT IDEA SIR! GENIUS EVEN, WOULDN'T YOU SAY!? Other executioners: OH, ABSOLUTELY! GENIUS! NO QUESTION ABOUT IT! haha [painfully wide grins]

[@wowplayer160]

Sounds pretty straight forward.

[@victorbryan8269]

The irony that Macias banned western medicine for his people but kept stashes of it for himself.

[@cyancat8633]

He did what insane hypocrites do like pol pot as well

[@duckmeat4674]

@@cyancat8633 like any other communist leader tbh

[@trent3872]

The Democrat/communists are banning gas stoves, water heaters, cars etc.

[@user-yq1xg5ci1c]

I was in Malabo in the early summer of 1979. Nguema came to the port where our ship was being repaired. His visit to the port was caused by the fact that a Soviet warship was visiting Malabo. The consul said that Nguema asked him how much this ship was worth. He didn't tell us what he said to him. And he told us that the ship was worth more than his whole country. Indeed, there was only Chinese green tea for sale in the shops of the city. And there was nothing else. A couple of weeks later, Nguema was overthrown by his nephew, and I left for the USSR. Then evil tongues said that the nephew executed the uncle, butchered and ate. Many believed.

[@warstrategy]

You lived in the Soviet Union can you tell me how it was?

[@bendover6272]

very interesting story and perspective

[@MichaelD8393]

The parallels between Nguema & Bokassa's childhood traumas are beyond chilling. That has to be the *only* instance where two brutal dictators witnessed their fathers being murdered, then having their mothers commit suicide.

[@whitelotus6866]

Saddam Huseein's dad died and his mother tried to commit suicide after failing to abort him

[@MichaelD8393]

@@whitelotus6866 Well I stand corrected.

[@jayaybe1]

@@MichaelD8393 Said the man in the orthopedic shoes 😁.

[@deerinheadlights100]

Imagine the slaughter and cruelty when the French "liberated" Haiti. The evil and cruel seem to survive. There is much cruelty and misery throughout human history.

[@Ycjedi]

Its a shame they didn't follow their mothers actions

[@somniumisdreaming]

Imagine the impact of when Roman Emperors were insane, a whole empire had to follow the madness. Humans can be so horrific to each other.

[@XXSkunkWorksXX]

'I'm not Spartacus, and neither is my wife!' (bless'ed are the cheese makers for they shall inherit the earth - in fact all producers of dairy products in general) now:- weleese Woger!

[@GiordanDiodato]

tbf, Nero never wanted to be emperor. his mother forced him

[@Mike-tb5gj]

Yes, it is similar to the last two-and-a-half years in the UK. We have been forced to follow madness, under pain of ridicule, criticism, censorship and arrest.....it is still like the Roman Empire!

[@andreyradchenko8200]

The emperors had the senatorial system and a politically independent army to keep them in check. By contrast, african warlords have neither.

[@billtomson5791]

I immediately thought of global capitalism when I read your second sentence.

[@TheArctofireHD]

I'm amazed this man isn't better known. I think it's because Equatorial Guinea is a tiny country with a tiny population, so his number of deaths is lower in absolute numbers, despite the per capita deaths of his despotic rule being only paralleled by Pol Pot.

[@sashalove83]

This story is known. Just like the story of all the other African dictators. But since it's about black people nobody is that interested.

[@matthewf4020]

Do you think that the assassination of American Presidents would be along the same lines considering being parallel with Pol Pot? I'd wager to say the Presidents which have been assassinated alongside the sinking of the Titanic and 9/11 have also played very detrimental roles in the Global Direction of the Course of Humanity. I'm basically alluding to the fact that zionist israel and it's adept America pulling Color Revolutions still to this day are just as Savage if not more. I guess I am different but I see the rothschild bloodline and their ilk as being some of the worst most overlooked perpetrators of Atrocities in the History of Humanity. Nobody ever talks about them though.

[@AndrewLale]

You repeat a number of times that he was insane, mad, bonkers. And yet his behaviour fits an extremely common pattern of African leaders. You could be describing twenty or more leaders from 20th century Africa.

[@tea4nihilists]

and lots of post-colonial global South. Im gonna watch in a bit, but there always is an emphasis on this idea of inherent insanity and madness when it comes to African leaders, when non-africans cover them. i love this channel, i really hope i don't hate this video lol

[@Man-Made-of-wood]

@@tea4nihilists you can’t really blame anyone when you have men like this….

[@Harley-and-Her-Ruff-Riders]

Honestly? He mentioned an STD originally and untreated syphilis will eat the brain away, making someone more incoherent and often times paranoid. But yeah. When a colonizing country picks the next leader, it normally doesn’t end well.

[@renasauceman]

I think he means he has an actual sickness. Not JUST an asshole.

[@johnr797]

​@@tea4nihilists yeah but the Africans excel at having the craziest dictators.

[@chrismorris6865]

In my opinion, this man and Pol Pot were the 2 worst leaders of any nation. Never have 2 men worked against the interests of their own countries so hard.

[@MrStarfishPrime]

Doc Duvalier

[@gorilla8811]

Francis Duvalier of Haiti

[@tuforu4]

Mugabe n grace and idi AMIN.

[@Deontjie]

Arguably Jacob Zuma has wasted more resources than any of these two.

[@tuforu4]

@@Deontjie one man one FARM Mugabe's daughter has 21 FARMS.

[@Hartford1992]

Loved the longer format video, also loved how you didn't pull any punches when calling out literally everyone and every country. Well done!

[@curseoftheegglady]

Here here!

[@gundamviewer17]

Seriously he’s shaking hands with Angela Merkel, the Popes, Condoleezza Rice…… sometimes it sickens me how People continue to pretend that they have morals when they Don’t even have souls.

[@dockkid]

Stories like these highlight just how much and how quickly a country can be changed by its leadership. All this should always be looked at as a cautionary tale to watch and restrict those in power so that any harms they might do are diminished. Unlimited power will always corrupt. Some wisdom from the past to remember: "When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn." Prov. 29:2

[@elevers]

It should also be noted that while the evils of colonialism are undeniable, the vacuum left behind when Europeans left, without any willingness to form sensible transitional governments and institutions, was far worse. Chaos has no winners when there is so little to fight over.

[@dockkid]

@@elevers You are correct. I would also like to point out this (and what happened in many of the other post-colonial African States) is what is laid out in the 45 Communist goals as presented to the public in 1963. "#43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government." This kind of chaos is exactly the catalyst that the Communist powers wanted in the new African states so that out of the chaos a longing for a strong and effective (and communist) government would be created. And here exactly we see the Communist powers courting Macias. Check out the list of goals for yourself. It's really quite interesting to compare to today's world and see how many have been checked off.

[@jesusbeloved3953]

Well, we sure failed that one in the ‘ole USA!

[@curbyourshi1056]

​@@dockkid Europe's importing this chaos en masse, after aiding their reproduction. Very scary indeed.

[@kirkc4696]

Well said!

[@chrisanderson5317]

This guy was a piece of work. He called himself "the national miracle".

[@snakes3425]

The term "National Nightmare" better suits this monster

[@Alan_GA]

😂 and no one dared make jest of that title.

[@vintce6019]

​@@Alan_GAhe banned education so most of them are dumb af not to question the title and will mock those who question it

[@thegermanfool8953]

Should we name him to a continental tragedy.

[@malcontender6319]

“Eating raw cannabis” Yeah, he was batshit 100%.

[@Xxsnipedawg72xX]

Yeah ik, I gotta at least decarboxylate in the oven and cook over vodka 😂

[@koreaawake1578]

@@Xxsnipedawg72xX iirc he wasnt chomping on raw bud but regularly drank copious amounts of bhang, a drink made from weed that also had effects more along the line of eating edibles

[@shayfay00]

❤​@@Xxsnipedawg72xX

[@gregthomas4606]

An old african saying "the new boss same as the old boss". This sums up leaders in Africa but not all leaders are this evil.

[@hewhoneverdies001]

I knew this guy was brutal... but damn, I had no idea he was this insane. I mean... THIS insane!

[@aaronsomek]

I just love your sarcastic tone throughout the video. Great work shining a spotlight on an otherwise lesser-know atrocity.

[@WHSmith-zk2ox]

You think this guy is something, you ought to feast your eyes on Dada Id Amin... What a sweetheart......

[@okene]

​@@WHSmith-zk2oxThis guy was worse than Amin. Amin killed more but overall, a lower % of his people.

[@garyspence2128]

I'm actually speechless at this history. And I lived through the time of Pol Pot in Cambodia, as other assorted maniacs. I understand why Spain kept quiet, but how did this stay so unpublicized for so very long? Just heartbreaking..

[@LODphantom]

You talk you die he was killing people for having a hot wife

[@BarrieBusesandTrains]

Spain at the time was the last Fascist Nazi holdout in Europe. Easy to figure that out. The Basques made fascist into space, and I would guess once the fascists were sorted out, then they could go after Franco's leftovers in the former colonies. Compare that to the end of Bokassa, where the French, a democracy by then, were able to sort it out themselves. Both countries are pretty much horrible tho. Macias' kids still run Equatorial Guinea, and the RCA is a total failed state, worse than anything written about the Middle Ages

[@Jim-Tuner]

You have to have lived through those times to understand. In the 1960s and 1970s, men like Macias were considered the future of Africa. They were seen as visionary leaders moving beyond the evils of colonialism and restoring authentic "African" culture. Anyone who criticized someone like Macias instantly had several labels attached to them. The international media just looked the other way. In the 1960s and 1970s, authoritarian rule in Africa was considered progressive.

[@randomperson-uj4bp]

@@BarrieBusesandTrains No, the Estado Novo regime was 100% not a nazi one, more of a radical right dictatorship as it did not have any cohrent ideology.

[@smileyface3956]

​@@randomperson-uj4bpEstado novo was in portugal not in spain

[@arserobinson7118]

I always wondered about Equatorial Guinea's massive maldistribution of wealth but never looked it up. It was caused by this guy and his family. 80% poverty and 20% having the wealth is insane.

[@shauncameron8390]

Equatorial Guinea = highest GDP per capita in Africa but 75% of the population live in poverty.

[@osheridan]

​@@shauncameron8390 It's actually the fourth highest (behind Seychelles, Mauritius and Gabon) but still 😬

[@evryhndlestakn]

Thats slightly under the ratio that foreign oil companies work to when bleeding the natural resources of an unfortunate, oil rich nation. They tend to prefer at least 85% for the oil company & 15% for the corrupt politicians, lawyers & military & police commanders. The rest of the population get empty promises & hollow words. Lunatics such as this dictator are more often then not a product of western influence & manipulation. Amin & Saddam Hussein come to mind, Pinochet & the former Shah of Iran, Batista in Cuba. Western politicians, corporations & so called intelligence agencys have much to answer for.

[@user-ws4yg3si1r]

it was in 2012 oil price lower

[@hurricanefury439]

7:52 WTF!!?!?!?!? that is something so cartoonishly evil that even catoon villains wouldn't do it

[@irishis3]

He looks like a villain from a Tim Burton or Tarantino movie

[@stevenschnepp576]

I don't know about that. I think I remember something similar from an old anime.

[@oxthree448]

It's like something that DC's Joker would have done

[@angelawhite2022]

This was terrifying. It’s crazy what human beings do to other human beings 🤯

[@Pfsif]

Psychopaths are no human.

[@ankokunokayoubi]

Always has been. We are truly a cursed species.

[@XXSkunkWorksXX]

@@ankokunokayoubi As Bill Hicks used to say 'Human beings are just a toxic virus with shoes ... ' as for being cursed; well it is usually other species that come into contact with humankind that are the unfortunate, cursed ones. Humans are not cursed as such, more rotten to the core.

[@ankokunokayoubi]

@@XXSkunkWorksXX It could explain better.

[@Prawnsly]

@@Pfsif They are ENTIRELY human, and forgetting that is very dangerous. Pretending that insane and unstable people are not "people" is a mistake we've made for a long time.

[@didymos32]

the ending blew my mind ultimately - can’t believe his nephew is still in power… that whole bloodline needs to be kicked out. I feel for the people of that country, I can see why the situation hasn’t gotten better.

[@davidprince1138]

Money is power.

[@guilhermehank4938]

As long as his nephew knows how to play the international game, he knows he can get away with anything.

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

Obamba made a point of making an official visit to Mr. Nephew.

[@sneakysasquatch6014]

Yup I don’t see this getting any better

[@flioink]

Thought this was about Papa Doc Duvalier at first.

[@froogsleegs]

Nguema was truly one of the most terrifying people that ever lived. it's surprising that most people don't know who he was.

[@baldingeagle8404]

I heard him on a podcast called real dictators never heard of him before that

[@jessamineprice5803]

Wow. I thought I knew most of the horrors of the 20th century--but this one was completely new to me. You told the tale well and the last couple minutes are frankly chilling.

[@Etendard1708]

And here I thought Pol Pot was mad enough.. lol, compared to Macias, he was more sane..

[@gram165]

@@Etendard1708pol pot as deranged he was had a motive, Macias is just pure psychosis

[@donprice9050]

I lived in Ghana in the 60's and never heard of this. Of course I was just a kid. When we moved there there were Kwame Nkruma statues that had been torn down after a coup.

[@ArchTeryx00]

There's an old an interesting sci-fi book by Mike Resnick called "Inferno" which puts up a few fig leafs toward science fiction, but otherwise proports to tell note for note the story of Idi Amin and Uganda. But based on a number of events in the book, I think it's truly evil dictator Gama Labu was pretty much just Macias Nguema with the serial numbers filed off. Inferno could have EASILY been set in Equitorial Guinea and you never would have known the difference.

[@europaaugust9598]

How is it sci Fi and a nonfiction story about dictators in Africa

[@ArchTeryx00]

@@europaaugust9598 Because it's set on the planet Faligor instead of the country of Uganda. Instead of Africans, you have "Jasons." The (human) colonial powers have interstellar ships. Etc. But the history is note for note what happened in Uganda and Equitorial Guinea. Resnick just changed all the names.

[@patrickbateman312]

I remember finding and reading that book in Afghanistan. Knew nothing about it going in but by page 10 or so I was like, "this is just Africa." Good read anyway, though.

[@ArchTeryx00]

@@patrickbateman312 There's actually three books in the series: Paradise, Purgatory and Inferno. Inferno is Equitorial Guinea/Uganda. Purgatory is Zimbabwe, and Paradise is Kenya. It's written from a pretty pro-colonial perspective but otherwise is an excellent distillation of the tragic post-colonial history of these countries. Together they're referred to as the "Galactic Comedy" after Dante's Divine Comedy, as it comes in three "acts" just like the Divine Comedy did.

[@patrickbateman312]

@@ArchTeryx00 oh that's chill. I'll have to be on the lookout for the other two books sometime.

[@Kaiserboo1871]

Teodoro is a smart man, smarter then his uncle at least. He has done a great job at polishing his international image and keeps the money flowing to the right people so that no one challenges his authority. I still consider Teodoro a step up from his uncle (although that isn’t that hard to do all things considered).

[@Zavial28]

Watched a video on Teodoro from another creator - he wasn’t much better

[@Kaiserboo1871]

@@Zavial28 Even if everything they say about him is true. He is still better then his uncle for the sole fact that he is able to hide it better.

[@Alan_GA]

I doubt whether he's a smart man, simply a polished version of his uncle.

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

I’m surprised the Spanish didn’t take the opportunity to reassert control. EG as a country small and disjointed between its island capital separated from the mainland and a economic basket case. A navel military task force from Spain could reassert control within a matter of weeks of not days.

[@marcoa.2912]

You know? That's a good point. Why did Spain not intervene? Were they embarrased to take out a guy that not that long ago was one of them and used to give fascist speeches in Madrid?

[@MrStarfishPrime]

Spain in the 70s didn't had that power, the army was completely useless and the country was in the middle of the political transition from Franquism to the democracy. Also they were trying to please the USA and they didn't like any type of colonial intervention.

[@twofiveb]

Good point. It could be that Spain saw things for what they were and just wanted to wash their hands of Equatorial Guinea. BTW, Portugal was trying to retain control of their African colonies at the time, and that wasn't going well.

[@gideonhorwitz9434]

@@twofivebtrue it would look bad internationally where they to try take control but there were in an decent position to copy what France did in the CAR The world probably wouldn’t have even noticed as the country without its oil is a spec on the map

[@deeayenn]

The level of sarcasm at the end is just wonderful... Nice work, thank you.

[@George-zd7mu]

😅

[@tea4nihilists]

welp. I'm from Equatorial Guinea with family that lived thru this regime, so I can't wait to see what I think of this video. *oh yay, i didn't hate it. good job on the vid, raven's eye.

[@amandad802]

So, what did you think of the video?

[@zackhoward4634]

Well?....were waiting

[@alicelopes4693]

Quel suspense !

[@tea4nihilists]

@@amandad802 i was not expecting anyone to care lol. i'm watching now and leaving comments as i watch

[@theravenseye9443]

Thanks O Med, appreciate your comments.

[@stevenhickey8636]

He forbid the use of lubricants in the nation's power stations. He believed his witchcraft could operate the plants. The plants....inevitably.....blew up. This. The part of the documentary where I just shook my head. Wow.

[@haplon33]

absolutely scathing indictment of humanity. extremely well produced documentary, likely the best one that exists on this topic. the modern pictures of teodoro + the rest of the rogues gallery really says it all... thanks for making this.

[@craigwills1615]

Wasn't Mark Thatcher tied up with some mercenaries in Equatorial Guinea. Madness-wise, Nguema was on a par with Bokassa!

[@kasikwagoma6740]

And we wonder why Africa is lagging behind other countries. No country can ever get rich by behaving this way. This documentary has solidified the deep mistrust I have for African armies. I am an African woman that lives in the UK and I trust the British army more than the one in my country. The armies in Africa do not defend the countries, they defend just one leader and his family. There is also impunity in most African armies, soldiers rape and they get away with it.

[@halfdome4158]

Hi Kasikwa, The current leader of EG is awash in oil money, yet his people live in squalor. The population is only about 1.5 million. So despicable and depressing.

[@Logos_Black]

Don't get comfortable in Europe. You may end up like them jews as well.

[@kasikwagoma6740]

@@halfdome4158hi there, just imagine, his people should be among the richest in the world, look at tiny Qatar it too has a tiny population and it's people live very dignified prosperous lives. We are a disgrace to ourselves. The poverty we all see in Africa is man made. God blessed and endowed Africa with everything and we in turn cursed it. Our mentality, mindset, attitude and behaviour destroyed and ruined it. Now there are many Africans who now want to blame the west for all the poverty in Africa. We have created a monster in Africa and it is devouring us, strangling the life out of us. That monster is a combination of corruption, nepotism, tribalism, kleptocracy mismanagement, cluelessness and misrule. We are fleeing it in record numbers because no sane human being can thrive in such conditions.

[@drlegendre]

Africa isn't a country, it's a continent.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@kasikwagoma6740

[@DaytonaPrototypes]

He was Pol Pot and Jean Bedel Bokassa rolled into one. Terrifying.

[@dianahernandez5717]

The sarcasm was superb. Sounds like a path my country is ready to go through.

[@russellst.martin4255]

The only personal trait Nguema ever downplayed was his future haunting abilities.

[@MrChronicpayne]

How have I never heard of this. Some of these things are absolutely insane.

[@windicold4682]

Wow wow wow who would have thought such tyranny and dysphonia existed in that part of Africa for that length of time without any outside intervention. Thanks for shedding light on this horrific circumstance

[@sashalove83]

Outside interfere is the reason the situation happened in the 1st place.

[@tuforu4]

Normally VOODOOO etc

[@tuforu4]

@@sashalove83 you GENIUS I BET AND WELL TRAVELLED.

[@sashalove83]

@@tuforu4 I don't argue with stupid. You will beat me everytime with experience. Bless your heart ❤️ RESPECTFULLY 🙏🏾

[@THEREALSOURCE]

His father's work, witchcraft, explains Nguema's fast rise in politics. I'm sure he applied the knowledge he learned from his father to get each position.

[@cosmosrunner2468]

Beyond infuriating! Hypocrites. All of them. You've outdone yourself with this one. 👏

[@hellionsentinel]

A dictator so terrifying that even his own guards were afraid to execute him

[@Littlegoatpaws]

A long while back I saw something where a survivor of the time said Equatorial Guinea was hermetically sealed almost right after Macias came to power, no communications or diplomatic cables or anything. He copied things from China's Cultural Revolution and North Korea, pictures of him were hung everywhere and people even wore little Macias pins similar to Mao and Kim Il Sung. Goons would just arrest at random so people kept their heads down. They said things just got gradually worse until it got to be where there was no electricity or fuel anywhere, everything simply stopped working one day. On the streets there was fewer and fewer people walking around outside and there were feral children wandering about, it seems like it was an eerie place. It reminds me a little of what things must have been like in Cambodia around the same time period.

[@genericalfishtycoon3853]

Never heard of this dude before, but I'll definitely remember that he talked with skulls around a campfire for war council and convinced an entire country if they killed him they would be haunted. That's pretty wild.

[@kiskaloo6843]

I know it's not considered correct to bring this up, but, we are forever having African Americans and Black Britons villifying white people over slavery and colonialism, but, why will they never talk about what happened to African nations and their citizens after independence. The horrors of dictatorships that still exist today are swept under the carpet.

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

That nations wouldn'exist without his creation by withes. Teodoro would have been nothing but a witch doctor in his village if Spaniards wouldn't have created one artificial country with one artificial administration, one artificial army, one artificial police, one artificial church, artificial flag and anthem etc etc etc. Different tribes would havve lived indepedently, jails wouldn't have been constructed and the family of Ngema wouldn't have been nothing in a million yesrs but simply villagers. So the fuckery Europe has done to Africa is a great fuckery my friend. Tribal countries and tribal peoples hadn't central goverment nor big structures of power. They spared themselves a lot of things without such artificil (European) Concentrations of powers

[@samwindmill8264]

Maybe so, but a LOT of these horrible regimes were actually propped up in one way or another, or at least not actively opposed, by the former colonial powers. As is evident with Teodoro's regime today, as just one example...

[@cygnia]

Perfect shot of Boris there.

[@peterrmansii]

I was detecting a hint of sarcasm there toward the end.

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

Gee, ya' think?

[@sometimesleela5947]

I may need an ambulance due to shrapnel from my sarcasm detector.

[@frenzalrhomb6919]

@@sometimesleela5947 👍

[@GiordanDiodato]

reminds me of Diem (South Vietnam)

[@johnfromwutang]

This was an eye opener. Says a lot about democracy. The intentional social recidivism, however you phrased it, can be found in democracy today; has been for a while. Very insightful point. It says a lot about Africa. It says a lot about the future. This was very necessary to hear. Thanks.

[@mikeoveli1028]

Johnfromwutang It is far closer than Africa.

[@stuartf2946]

Longer format is better for sure Mr Raven, and a good job done. I didn't know about this person, and what a shock it was to hear of his antics. Yes, governments only tend to poke their nose in if it suits them or they are going to get lots from it. Thanks for your efforts.

[@blueodum]

Imagine making a Hollywood-style biopic of this guy.

[@wesrrowlands8309]

This shows how fast things can go downhill once a nation either collapses or the leadership go nuts.

[@sashalove83]

This is what happens when you colonize a country,oppress the natives ,then when that country Gains its independence you are in your feelings so instead of helping them & teaching them to run the country you just leave.

[@shauncameron8390]

@@sashalove83 No. How come hardly any Asian country that got colonized are struggling like African countries?

[@feeblezak]

@@sashalove83 The natives did this not the colonisers.

[@catchacobra4765]

How have I never heard of this before?! Thank you so much for this. Great video.

[@xrpnews8893]

When facts are stranger than fiction I can’t believe this actually happened

[@davido3109]

Welcome to the Reality of E.G... Many families are around the world 56 years later in the Diaspora... Namaste Haribol Asewe!!! Kali Yuga...

[@user-saraswatidevi]

A very forgotten but crazy leader

[@jjr1728]

He was based.

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@jjr1728 yes, genocide and destroying your country is so based, right?

[@tea4nihilists]

Forgotten by whom?

[@sinappikalle9929]

@@tea4nihilists I think he meant not a lot of people nowadays know of him outside of africa

[@Marcus-lb6dv]

What amaze me in all these situation is the number of people that go along with these madmen.

[@BarrieBusesandTrains]

Some ideas of this genre: 1 - Otto Skorzeny (SS Nazi, responsible for many insane events up til the 70s. KZbin is getting intersted in him lately it seems) 2 - Turkmenistan since 1985 (Turkmenbashi and his craziness. Eastern Europe and Central Asia is an interest of mine) 3 - Belcher Islands Cult of the 1940s (two Inuit near where I'm from learnt English and got word of World War 2, convinced their tribe the world was gonna end, and then the rest is written) 4 - Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (Doomsday cult in 90s Uganda) 5 - Chechnya under Kadyrov 6 - Guyana since the end of British Rule (have family who fled the country when that was happening. Forbes Burnham is the key signature figure in this) TV

[@naoyanaraharjo4693]

Chechnya under Kadyrov is an improvement over the warlordism of the 90's. Kadyrov is goverment is bad, but its quite the generic bad

[@gabriellebernard198]

AFRICA is like a reality show

[@elliottprice6084]

What a marvellous sounding country. Remind me to book a holiday there. In about 3000 years

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

😁😁😁 Problably they respect there utterly the tourist if you don't engage in internal politics/affairs. But yeah 😁😁 great point

[@keliciaigbinazaka4538]

Another great video Raven, really enjoying this longer format too- it didn’t feel like 20 mins at all thanks to your excellent pacing. Thanks for bringing such a terrible topic to light- disgusting how that man is still in power

[@theravenseye9443]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@georgeamanor-boadu6771]

I believe Frederick Forsyth's book and movie Dogs of War was based on Equatorial Guinea and Macias. There were definitely no tears shed for Macias.

[@richardcranium3579]

This sounds like every communist/socialist leaders rise to power and eventual outcome ever

[@bonghead6621]

Your dry sense of understated humor had me pissing my pants laughing at this tragic era.

[@whateva8964]

Sadly, this is the history of many African countries when they gained their independence. No idea how to govern, borders where tribes are in conflict because they should never have been grouped together, and vast greed and every bad thing about humanity was, and continues to be played out in these countries.

[@sjpavur]

There are 54 countries in Africa today, and almost all are facing the same problems…except, of course, for Wakanda;-)

[@shauncameron8390]

@@sjpavur North Africa is not facing the same problem. Nor is Botswana.

[@WaleedAdam85]

This is an excellent doc 👏🏾👏🏾

[@retrorambles517]

They never mention this during black history month

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

That history must be the history of Afroamericans in your country my friend. Wich by the way is very shameful to thos day. And by the way two wrongs don't make a sraight and "whataboutism" is the weaks last recourse

[@AaronVriesman]

Thank you for covering this largely overlooked country and its leader who massacred his own people. I'm waiting for a book to give a story to the victims of this man's atrocities.

[@Garmin21111]

Sometimes i wonder how people like this stay in power and how the country doesn't just descend into warlords.

[@zamiyaFlow]

You get on the good side of the local military and the people who pay their salary, and the rest is routine.

[@halfdome4158]

The country is still hopeless. They have oil money and the people live in squalor.

[@redjirachi1]

Twisted as Hitler or Stalin are, they had a twisted logic to why they ruled the way they did. But people like Pol Pot and Macias Nguema ruled as if they actively held contempt for their own nation

[@lololandify]

This reminds me of the situation in Cambodia from your earlier video. This is disturbing

[@elephantrange]

Yes. There are a few differences between Nguema and Pol Pot's rule, though. Pol Pot was logical; madly so, yes, but there was a doctrine and a logic behind the doctrine. The Khmer Rouge were such absolutist ideologues in their zealous agrarian doctrine that other Communist nations at the time - except China and Albania - turned against them before the West did, and the Vietnamese 'brothers' in the Hanoi Proletariat were the ones who eventually overthrew Pol Pot and company in late 1978. (In fact, because 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend', the US supported the Khmer Rouge against the Soviet-supported Vietnamese and the more humane regime they had set up, puppet state though it was. Also, America's wounds from the Vietnam War were still fresh, and they weren't about to suddenly embrace Hanoi. Funny they're best buds now. Anyway...). Nguema had no such discernible method to his madness, so to speak. Also, none of this is to suggest that a coherent genocide is in any way superior to an incoherent one.

[@GiordanDiodato]

and his Nephew reminds me of Diem. a "good leader" in the eyes of the west, but a brutal dictator in his home country.

[@Monatio79]

The similarities are chilling. Both were born circa 1925, both were mediocre students at best-which would explain their anti-intellectual stance, and both viewed western/outside influences as corrupt. However nightmarishly egregious Pol Pot's regime may have been, one could possibly make the claim that at least he had "good intentions" as a youth, which was his wish to create an egalitarian society. But as for Macias Nguema, there was absolutely nothing good about this guy. He really was the worst of the worst; a combination of Hitler's xenophobia, Stalin's paranoia, Mao's insanity, and Saddam Hussein's malignant narcissism.

[@islandblind]

@@elephantrange You've made some interesting points here. To me, Nguema seems like an even more crazy, degenerate version of Idi Amin, rather than an African Pol Pot. Pol Pot was driven by an ideological vision, however misguided, rather than simple corruption.

[@elephantrange]

@@islandblind He also was accompanied by 'Brother Number Two', Nuon Chea, and ideologically underpinned by Khieu Samphan's dissertations on Cambodian agriculture. Pol Pot was not as much of a lone actor as Macias.

[@coolawesomeepicman4513]

There are a lot of points in history where some nations instantly suffer after being released from their mother country, Equatorial Guinea is probably the greatest example of the struggle post-independence. There are two ways a nation could go after gaining freedom. You could become another Dictatorship, or you could be Botswana.

[@rosalindwyatt8274]

Your videos are great and really well-made. Thank you for shining a light on these topics, I'm learning a lot.

[@russbrown6453]

Excellent video. You are a great story teller. Love the humor. So much fun! Especially at the end, describing his son. 😆

[@girlgarde]

The narrator was definitely good at sarcasm at the end when describing the current president's son.....

[@viktorias63]

Sadness for the people, so much suffering, and it doesn't seem like it will end any time soon

[@jackking5567]

Gosh could you imagine being stuck in that country at that time?

[@Edward-iv9fs]

I like the cut of your jib, sir. This dictator was unreal. Great posting though, well done.

[@Insaniya.humanity]

All Equatorial Guineans I’ve talked to love living under dictatorship and they never utter a bad word against their leader. You will never see protests in Guinea, matter of fact, no other dictator has ever been in power as long as Teodoro Obiang.

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

No wonder if a bad word can imply...... You know perfectly. I'm sure the jails of Gunea are luxury hotels with great respect for human lives. Go to North Korea they also will speak wonders about his leaders.... So in any dictatorship you take the voice of people with five or six grains of salt. It's pure common sense what apparently you lacks i wonder?

[@peregrination3643]

I love the sarcasm at the end.

[@rajatsinha6607]

If he can become a state leader, i can too! Truly inspiring.

[@nothingmuch8865]

Good luck! Those will be the days!

[@tea4nihilists]

Very curious as to the source of EG life expectancy being one of the highest in the region. We have such, such poor internal records of anything pre-colonial and even directly post-colonial, so my immediate reaction to that assertion is wondering who exactly came to that conclusion and by what standards.

[@clearcreek69]

I can't imagine how this guy slept at night.

[@sashalove83]

They same way the dictators who currently still Rule countries sleep

[@twofiveb]

Lots of drugs and a conscience of a psychotic narcissist. Just like an addict with severe mental health issues, his problem was his solution. IMHO

[@itoyweqto]

You were right, you ddnt mince words here - down to the last sentence. 😂 Hope you can do Ferdinand Marcos Sr. of the Philippines too!

[@bluegreenglue6565]

I say "yikes" a lot when I watch videos like this (though admittedly I say many more colorful words as well). It's good to be reminded what humans will do/not do in the face of horrific tyranny. Many of us just hope for a boring lifespan...

[@hotburner4859]

Just discovered your channel and I love it! Keep up the great work!

[@johnbaker5533]

Brilliant again Ravens Eys

[@tylerlee6613]

Madness is a Mountain. Many who try to scale it fail and never to attempt it again. It's the fall that breaks them. Some given the chance to climb, refuse. They cling to reality or God or love. Delusions. Only the Mountain is real. Ascension is all there is.

[@adrianmobley6805]

Wow, this is insane. Parts of this story are so unbelievable it's like playing adlibs. His daughter just published a memoir recently. Her story is wild too.

[@okene]

His daughter is delusional

[@kzrlgo]

Under subbed cahnnel. Not sure how you are not growing faster but thank you for the great content. Keep it up!

[@skylineXpert]

Some leaders at the time look like they favourized their own tribe more than the well being of the people.

[@johnr797]

*most

[@LadyCatFelineTheSeventh]

It is very much like that in Africa today. Like a caste system.

[@ianmacfarlane1241]

It's no different to anywhere in the World. The West loves to portray Africa as backward and corrupt, but the same thing happens in Europe, North America and beyond.

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@LadyCatFelineTheSeventh yeah. it makes Nazi Germany look tame.

[@alexanderb996]

Still the case in most African countries. Tribalism runs deep

[@orionSpacecraft]

bro literally tried to make the Burgundian system irl 💀💀💀

[@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

Nah he was probably more of an Imperial Cult kind of man

[@Mdalasini]

His childhood traumatic events gave to who he became. The Italian official who beat his father to death had a name, did he not? Well that Italian official was the architect of all the atrocities. Shame!

[@pattskatoey3139]

Why did they allow him to run for so long. This is crazy. Your narration was great.

[@sashalove83]

The same reasons any other dictator stayed in power,fear being 1 of them

[@kingkazuma2239]

Because they had no guns

[@bombousboy]

Your deadpan delivery was fantastic.

[@jordanscherr6699]

I wish I could say this story surprises me. But in the shadow of former colonial Africa, the place was left in nothing short of shambles. The perfect environment for a confused hell like this one.

[@sjpavur]

I guess the Europeans are somehow to blame for what is going on today??

[@jordanscherr6699]

@@sjpavur I can safely say, yes. You want proof, take a good long look at what happened to colonial Africa under British rule. And before any pro-american accusations, most of America IS European. The same ones who basically killed off most of the true native Americans.

[@doverbeachcomber]

@@jordanscherr6699 You’re welcome to believe that if you wish. However, one of the most corrosive things you can tell a perpetrator of evil is “It’s not your fault.” Africa will never rise until it looks at its own follies with brutal candor and rejects facile excuses.

[@jordanscherr6699]

@@doverbeachcomber That'll only happen if those who will never do so, the tyrants, loose their grip on power. And "that" will never happen until foreign aid stops flowing entirely. (We're talking Post WW3 here!) Because let's be clear, Africa is hostile enough to churn out tyrant after tyrant non-stop. It's only once they are completely dependent on whom the suppress that things will change.

[@onijaanjonu3367]

@@doverbeachcomber once democratic institutions have failed or been throughly corrupted as they have been in much of africa, the only redeeming path is benign dictatorship, like what was seen under Idi Agbon or modern day Paul kagame

[@adambednarek2007]

Other dictators to talk about: Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia Hosni Mubarak of Egypt

[@connorglover8720]

Vladimir Putin

[@GiordanDiodato]

Diem of South Vietnam.

[@itoyweqto]

Ferdinand Marcos Sr. of the Philippines

[@lololandify]

Rafael Trujillo from the Dominican Republic

[@lowtechredneck6704]

You're gonna need a longer list.

[@AfrikanLifestyle]

Absolutely incredible...Unbelievable story...

[@papasmodelcarroom8450]

Great video, love your sarcasm 😂😅 especially at the end lol

[@henriomoeje8741]

Macias Nguema was traumatized as a child and never really healed. He was not fit to be a councilor ab initio, much less a president of Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶

[@moritz7179]

I have the exact same radio shown at 5:43 at home and it's still working :D

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@CBKKINGYAYO]

The fact that this man said he ate weed just scared me and my blunt