{"product_id":"anansis-gold-the-man-who-looted-the-west-outfoxed-washington-and-swindled-the-world-hardcover","title":"Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYepoka Yeebo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of the 20th century's longest-running and most spectacular frauds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Ghana won its independence from Britain in 1957, it instantly became a target for home-grown opportunists and rapacious Western interests determined to snatch any assets that colonialism hadn't already stripped. A CIA-funded military junta ousted the new nation's inspiring president, Kwame Nkrumah, then falsely accused him of hiding the country's gold overseas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInto this big lie stepped one of history's most charismatic scammers, a con man to rival the trickster god Anansi. Born into poverty in Ghana and trained in the United States, John Ackah Blay-Miezah declared himself custodian of an alleged Nkrumah trust fund worth billions. You, too, could claim a piece--if only you would \"invest\" in Blay-Miezah's fictitious efforts to release the equally fictitious fund. Over the 1970s and '80s, he and his accomplices-including Ghanaian state officials and Nixon's former attorney general--scammed hundreds of millions of dollars out of thousands of believers. Blay-Miezah lived in luxury, deceiving Philadelphia lawyers, London financiers, and Seoul businessmen alike, all while eluding his FBI pursuers. American prosecutors called his scam \"one of the most fascinating--and lucrative--in modern history.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAnansi's Gold\u003c\/i\u003e, Yepoka Yeebo chases Blay-Miezah's ever-wilder trail and discovers, at long last, what really happened to Ghana's missing wealth. She unfolds a riveting account of Cold War entanglements, international finance, and postcolonial betrayal, revealing how what we call \"history\" writes itself into being, one lie at a time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYepoka Yeebo\u003c\/b\u003e's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Quartz, and other publications, and she has been interviewed on PRI's \u003ci\u003eThe World \u003c\/i\u003eand NPR's \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Columbia University's School of Journalism and the University of London, she divides her time between London, UK, and Accra, Ghana. \u003ci\u003eAnansi's Gold\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52158876909799,"sku":"9781635574739","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/3cc2c10360c24c3570e813c460361bc3.webp?v=1780529282","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/anansis-gold-the-man-who-looted-the-west-outfoxed-washington-and-swindled-the-world-hardcover","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}