π March 25, 2026
Coffee
The first time I drank coffee I was fourteen. If this were a story about coffee, I would say that’s a lie. The first time I tasted cof...
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Things I don't tell anyone. Turns out, I talk.
π March 23, 2026
Why Patrice Had to Go (Pt 2)
Barely five days after independence, the first crises struck. This would be the first in the long line of madnesses. The night before there...
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π March 23, 2026
Why Patrice Had to Go (Pt 1)
There are many ways to explain the Scramble for Africa. Stripped to its essence, though, it comes down to four driving forces (in my opinion...
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π March 19, 2026
Four Letters, Two Histories
If you’ve ever visited London, chances are you’ve seen — or perhaps even stepped inside — the Berkeley Hotel. Today...
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π March 4, 2026
The Emperor Who Ate His People 2
There were the villas and the shopping complexes, there were the airstrips at hunting parks and the hundreds of millions of francs lodged in...
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π March 4, 2026
~The Emperor Who Ate His People 1~
On New Year’s Eve of 1963 while the president, David Dacko, went about his business, completely unaware of the series of tragedy about...
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π March 1, 2026
The Commission.
Now, it’s all experimental, melodic, pop-oriented hip-hop. In the eighties through the nineties, it was (that subgenre of hip-hop call...
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