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Anansi's Gold - The man who swindled the world

Inglese · Tascabile

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A New York Times , New Yorker , Washington Post , Newsweek , TIME Book of the Year 2023 ''Fabulously entertaining'' Daily Telegraph ''Perfect for fans of Frank Abignale Jr.''s Catch Me If You Can '' Publishers Weekly The astounding, never-before-told story of how an ingenious Ghanaian con artist ran one of the 20th century''s longest and most audacious frauds. When Ghana declared independence from Britain in 1957, it immediately became a target for opportunists determined to lay hold of whatever assets colonialism hadn''t already stripped. The military ousted the new nation''s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, then falsely accused him of stealing the country''s gold and hiding it overseas.Into this story stepped one of history''s most charismatic scammers, John Ackah Blay-Miezah - a con man to rival the trickster god Anansi. Born into poverty, Blay-Miezah declared himself the custodian of an alleged Nkrumah trust fund worth billions. You, too, could claim a piece, if only you would help him rescue it - with a small investment. Over the 1970s and ''80s, he grew his scam to epic proportions, amassing hundreds of millions of pounds from thousands of marks all over the world. He baffled Henry Kissinger, scandalised Shirley Temple-Black, and had Nixon''s former attorney-general at his beck and call. Many tried to stop him, but Blay-Miezah continued to live in luxury, protected by ex-SAS soldiers while he deceived lawyers, businessmen and investigators around the globe. In Anansi''s Gold , Yepoka Yeebo chases the ever-wilder trail of Blay-Miezah - and unfolds a riveting account of Cold War entanglements and African dreams - revealing the untold story of the grifter who beat the West at its own thieving game.

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Autori Yepoka Yeebo
Editore Bloomsbury
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 01.08.2024
 
EAN 9781526667083
ISBN 978-1-5266-6708-3
Pagine 400
Dimensioni 130 mm x 200 mm x 30 mm
Categorie Narrativa > Gialli
Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Biografie, autobiografie
Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica

Ghana, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, HISTORY / Africa / West, West Africa, Criminal investigation and detection

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