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Why don't we hear more about Equatorial Guinea?
posted by lalochezia (10 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Because EQUATORIAL GUINEA EIGHT NINE! AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Also. -- cortex



 
I dunno, why?
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 9:53 PM on June 30, 2008


In defense of mass media, I did have a vague idea that the president of Equatorial Guinea was an evil man.
posted by Citizen Premier at 9:57 PM on June 30, 2008


We heard about it last week.
posted by misteraitch at 9:57 PM on June 30, 2008


(And by mass media I mean Metafilter).
posted by Citizen Premier at 9:57 PM on June 30, 2008


Let's not and say we did.
posted by MaryDellamorte at 9:59 PM on June 30, 2008


But we do hear about it.
posted by dersins at 10:02 PM on June 30, 2008


The Slate article claims that there's little coverage of Equatorial Guinea in traditional journalism, which is true; however, there is at least one good book (The Wonga Coup) about the crazy collision (and collusion) of oil, corruption, mercenaries and dictatorship that appears to be the country's ongoing fate.
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul at 10:06 PM on June 30, 2008


Wow. I hadn't heard anything about this and that is shocking. Why don't we hear more about Equatorial Guinea?
posted by OverlappingElvis at 10:07 PM on June 30, 2008


In the west we generally don't hear about places with little/no economic or strategic value.

Spend a week in Africa and you will figure this out.
posted by Deep Dish at 10:08 PM on June 30, 2008


Because it took you this freaking long to make a post about it?

We've been sitting here... waiting... WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!!!????
posted by miss lynnster at 10:09 PM on June 30, 2008


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