Nguema The dictator who executed husbands of his ex-wives, entire cabinet and his own family
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- Francisco Macias Nguema was the president of Equatorial Guinea from 1968 to 1979. He was one of Africa's most brutal dictators of our times what distinguishes him apart is that he not only went after peoples he disagreed with but their families as well.
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All those who were killed were trying to sabotage the government. They deserved it.
Is this the same as Tunachek?
We would be better off with true communism!
Thank you for your channel. I missed out on African history in school and, like many, have found the subject difficult to navigate. After centuries of messing with Africa, Westerners these days opt to be silent about Africa. But that is no improvement.
So too has it been difficult to hear the voices of Africans speaking in the well-informed, mostly impartial way that you do on your channel - a result, no doubt, of the turmoil of the decades of decolonization, independence and Cold War.
I know I'm far from alone in appreciating what you are doing here.
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan True communism has never been achieved. Sadly, Stalin and Mao have ruined the reputation of communism irrevocably by using the worst kind of authoritarianism to try to achieve their goals.
But, sadly, there are also serious economic questions about the viability of true communism in a world with high population and limited resources.
The narrator is a good orator.African History we were never taught in schools in Africa.
I often wonder what Africans do learn in history class. If your not taught your own history what are you taught?
@@bigevil1001 Why would corrupt or countries controlled by dictatorships showcase this kind of history?
@@tysonmcduggan6870 Not just this. ANY history. I know more about an African country's history than some African's do.
@@bigevil1001 The reserve is true of any society where the populous is ignorant or not well informed regarding the subject matter.
Plus, there's the consequence of spoon feeding the notion of exceptionalism and patriotic propaganda to people by the state. Especially Attached to national figures like Gandhi, Churchill or the founding Fathers.
As a result you get near Demi God wish. That is hostile to informed. In fact any critique at all which could put in question the gravity of their and achievements and broader legacy.
We learned ,I dont know which Africa you are from. But my Africa we did it.
My god, This is like something out of a horror movie. I think you missed the part where he executed 150 political prisoners in a football stadium with a firing squad of soldiers dressed as Santa Clause while the song “Those Were The Days” played in the background. I’m not making that up, that actually happened.
Wow.
He is burning in the hottest part of hell. Most of them don't even think there's a God
Am aware of that fact. Thanks for the reminder.
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK you are open to information too. Love it
Damn.
At this point I will believe anything you say, nothing was impossible for him.
I recall on December 31, 1976, Nguema compelled his citizens to attend the local football stadium where Nguema had a parade of his enemies hanged one at a time, while the song "Those Were The Days My Friends," played repeatedly as he hanged his enemies to celebrate New Years Eve.
he had very good Lakeys......
it was Christmas eve and his men wore Santa suits.
You missed the best part... the killers were wearing Santa Claus outfits. Nguema's whole reign was bonkers, even by African absolute dictator standards.
It was 1969 not 1976
The 1981 film Dogs of War used Nguema and Equatorial Guinea as a model for the fictional country of Zangaro.
That's correct - a Christopher Walken classic!
I got to see
This is the craziest story I've ever heard. This fool tops the chart of dictators. Can't believe he's hardly known or heard of. I had to re-watch this a couple of times. Gawddamn this guy was the El-Loco of El-Locos.
the knowledge and history shared is shocking. Being American a lot was left out of history books. Every country in Africa has a story. One more brutal than the next. Thank you for revealing this info to the world.
Poor Equatorial Guinea, they’ve been having to put up with psychotic dictators for SO LONG!! The current guy, who replaced Francisco, is AWFUL as well.
His nephew
The colonials were masters of control... No independence was ever given.... They carefully pick one with low IQ level but brutal and a great follower of instructions....
@@gilbertojode5073 imagine blaming colonials ffs...
zimbabwe is now the same! they had mugabe and now the people are saying his successor is even worse!
@@NPC-vq3cl that's how most dictators took over in the begining , if you were lucky(like British colonies) you'd get a relatively smart guy like nyerere or kwame nkurumah who got corrupted over time , if you were not and Your colonial master was say France , an idiot would get picked to lead your nation as a brutal dictator and a puppet to the colonisers it all depended on who colonized you , so In a way, the colonisers Both directly and indirectly created these monsters
This guys shenanigans on the soccer field executing some of his own person friends was absolutely insane.
Man, Africa's history is crazy. They should teach it every world in the world. Not just western history
I think they do.
With the ammount of rebel groups and civil wars they had.....schools would have to cut every other class to make place for it.
@@szekhar7602 so does with European history. But they manage to teach it, right?
@@zameize they really don't teach European history anywhere but europe and the americas.
@@theccpisaparasite8813 must be my country then. Like the roman history, ww 1, ww 2, american civil war.
When my uncle told me about this man I could not believe what I heard this guy was ruthless AF.
I must say, your channel is special, African history is complex and fascinating.
Subbed and looking forward to more videos.
Evil isn't even the word I don't even know what to describe him he was just ... speechless
A monster?
I would describe him as clinically insane (and therefore not responsible for his horrible actions).
Stupid is the word. Someone who can barely read shouldn’t be head of state. Leaders of minimal intellectual capacity are commonplace in totalitarian regimes, but this guy is especially dumb
@@anonimus648 I wouldn't say this abysmal intellectual level is commonplace in such regimes, exactly. In fact, it often takes a certain kind of cleverness to stay in power. (Not to sing the praises of dictatorships. Democracy is far superior both morally and technically.)
@@oddespenjenssen2236 I agree but I’d distinguish between intellectual and clever. No doubt many of these dictators understand power, intimidation, and certain human instincts. However, many of them have disdain for science and knowledge, or lacked the capacity to advance through legitimate means. Where else do you find bus drivers or bank robbers as heads of state? Not democracies
Thanks for educating us. I had never heard of this murderous lunatic.
Sometimes I think we African nations should have got ourselves well-acquainted with the concepts of rule of law and democracy before seeking independence. Many would disagree with me on that, but that's what I think.
You think the Europeans that carved up Africa were fair, democratic and just institutions having a benevolent attitude towards the African people they had previously ruled over. They and America helped the worst dictators come to power and keep power. This is the effects of Imperialism and Colonialism that, by the way, is still going on today. Look at France. They're a big part of why Africa is messed up.
Colonialism seems to be a permanent scapegoat for Africa’s seemingly permanent failures.
You can do a series on crazy African leaders from 1960-2021.
And Buhari will be cast twice in that series
Uhuru Kenyatta should feature at the top of the list.
No doubt his behaviour was triggered by his father's violent death at the hands of the Spanish and his mother's suicide. But how such a person managed to become a president amazes me.
Probably charisma
He got elected in what was the only democratic election in the country's history on a nationalistic platform hence why he's elected in the first place
He's a perfect example of what happens when you allow psychopaths with traumatic childhoods into power.
And lasted up to 11yrs, damn
@@thestruggler7926 not a psychopath
There are plenty of dictators in history that went mad with power, but Nguema is one of the few who was mad before getting power. He shouldn't have been given power over a laundromat, let alone a country
He was Africa's Pol Pot.
No. Pol Pot was Cambodia's Francisco Nguema.
In both countries people got murdered for wearing glasses...
Both were minor league Mao wannabe's
@@theccpisaparasite8813 Not by percentage of population. Pot and this clown are in MVP territory with those percentages.
@@glenchapman3899 Fair enough, but world impact and total numbers matter more i think. As you say, this dude was insane.
sounds like he had a fear of people smarter than him
As a side note, Equatorial Guinea is the only country on the African continent, with Spanish as its national language.
Tha Saharawi republic does also have spanish as an oficial lenguage (secondary)
Their problems began with Spain.
@ He was created by Spain.
As well the Sahawri Arab Republic Democrat being Spanish as its official language.
It said that at the start. Although ceuta and melilla are also Spanish speaking enclaves
Excellent upload!! Thank you from east Tennessee, USA. Blessings to you all, stay safe!!
Where was his clothes made? Where was his cars made ? Where were his guns made ?..madness
Clothes most likely from France or Italy.
Cars most likely from Germany.
Guns anywhere the offer is favourable Israel, Turkey, Russia, Iran, China or the Eastern European Countries. The US is to expensive. One tiny 9mm bullet's one damn dollar. Imagine an AK 47 or Machine Gun with deadly bullets. Most African leaders buy weapons from either Iran or East Europe, instead of buying medical equipments . We still've a long, long way to developing our countries.
This is what Dr Kwame Nkrumah had been emphasising Neo- Colonialism. The wolves're back in sheep clothing. Money can change lie to truth & it's no 1 enemy of justice. Dictators buy votes!
Funny that he hated foreign things but loved western clothes.
I never learn much about Africa in school I'm learning more on my own. I adore Black 🇺🇸 / African history. This is my first time learning about Francisco Macias Nquema wooow
He sounds like the Pol Pot of Africa with all that hate of educated people 🤷♂️🤔
If you're gonna go commie, Khmer is the way to go.
„You dropped your glasses mate“
*Pulls gun out*
This is such a nice channel, just interesting and important reporting on africa's politics. And finally we hear an African talk about it instead of only white people. Keep it going man
I wonder why we learn about staying and Hitler in our school systems instead of our african leaders and history. Thanks to TH-cam for providing a platform for such documentaries
Lots of black skin and no black ck gold under ground me st likely.
I think one about Angola would be interesting. Even what is happening currently is difficult to follow for outsiders.
if I see this guy in heaven... then God really works in mysterious ways
I could then expect to see Hitler, Stalin, and Saddam Hussein in heaven too.
Depending upon the sources if he was baptized and asked for forgiveness he is in heaven.
You sure you are in the right place
@@tanberetO heyy what are u saying
@@mandhemjallow1333 I'm saying that it's quite possible he's in heaven.
Many thanks for this, if there was ever someone who was demon possessed, this is the guy
This is hard to believe he made the other dictators look like angels
This is what is in Ugandans surffering bruitoriset by dectoter museven n his family members in every sector of official ,hmmmm God help Uganda too
Janet museveni in the cabinet
Oh go to hell Museveni is a benevolent dictator
Oh go to hell Museveni is a benevolent dictator
@@dh.k363 Is that why he shut down the internet for 5 years and put bobi wine in house arrest when he campaigned for presidency.
@@tylersmith3139 loooool 5 years, thats a straight up lie, colonizer
another well told story of the sad tale that is our continent's past. How come we have a plethora of diabolical buffoons to pick from and talk about as a continent? Now did this devil manage to get to where he got? wow! just wow!
Your narrative style is captivating too - we salute you Sir
Past? Equatorial Guinea is still hopeless.
he should not have lasted that long
For real though!
Wow! this animal runs King Leopold of Belgium close but could never reach the sheer brutality of that inhuman dictatorship. At least Macias had the excuse of clearly being clinically insane. Great video, thanks
Yes, King Leopold was simply a money-hungry racist butcher.
Leopold killed millions
@@thegreat0220 The rubber companies (Goodyear, Dunlop) did the actual killing. Leopold never set foot in Congo. He did profiteer ofc (until Congo ran out of workers from killing and maiming).
Leopold 2 is guilty, but he was not alone. Do not forget the capitalist owners of the rubber companies
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan well Bush and Obama also killed millions in the middle East but never stepped foot there but I hear what you're saying
Oh no, this guy seems far worse than that aloof animal Leopold. By the standards of the continent, Leopold seems positively par for the course. Currently, at my last count, of Africa's 53 countries, 20 are ruled by brutal dictators. But this guy seems positively certifiable and needed to be removed from the gene pool.
That's why up till date....the country is the most backward country in Africa in terms of education
When Macias Nguema banned European names, did he renounce the name Francisco, as Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire/Congo abandoned the name Joseph when he did the same?
Macias Nguema's reputation as a sorcerer resembles Francois Duvalier's cultivation of a perception of him among Haiti's people as a voodoo priest & dressing in dark suits, hat, and sunglasses to look like Baron Samedi, the loa of death.
1979 was a bad year for tyrants: Macias Nguema, Idi Amin, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the Shah of Iran, and Pol Pot were all overthrown then.
The shah was replaced by another dictatorship and this guy was overthrown by his nephew who still rule to this day
1979 also had park chung hee getting assassinated buf I wouldnt call him and the shah tyrants due to everything good they did
Frederick Forsythe the author of "Day Of The Jackal" wrote a novel called "Dogs Of War" about a foreign conglomerate backed plan to overthrow the dictatorial government of a small African nation using mercenaries, going into very minute detail about how to hire mercs, buy arms and gear and fudge the paperwork, aquire a ship to transport them from Europe to Africa etc. Turned out the book and the prep laid out in it was based on an actual UK backed coup he helped organise to overthrow the Equatorial Guinea regime, but which was thwarted by Spanish authorities.
Couple decades later the son of the Uk PM The "Iron Lady" Thatcher was caught in the act of carrying out an almost exact repeat of the same coup, using much of the methods laid out in the book, again on Equatorial Guinea. 🙂
Nguema is like if a school bully was the leader of a nation.
An important distinction should be made when comparing Macias with Pol Pot. Macias was clinically insane. Pol Pot was not,
Even though he was a serial killer, I kinda feel empathy for him. That doesnt mean I support him or adore this monster. But who created this monster?
I have seen movies on serial killers who had a troubled past that shaped their psyche. Francesco Macias's father was brutally murdered by the Spanish in front of him just like Dexter style when Macias was a child even though Macias father wasn't good either. But still it was wrong to murder him infront of his son. Can you imagine what this would do to a child's brain? That's what made Macias crazy. The Evil Spaniards created a monster because nobody is born a monster. It's a classic serial killer story.
He literally destroyed the economic, social and the people lives in Equatorial Guinea🇬🇶
This man makes Stalin seem like Thomas Jefferson..
He makes Saddam Hussein look like Donld Trump.
He gave Pol Pot a decent run for his money in killings per capita.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The part where the guy moves from the whole marching team when the narrator says uncoordinated 😆 😆 😆
I hollered 😂😂😂
Your channel is excellent! Keep up the good work
Maybe the worst dictator ever? Even Hitler and Stalin weren't that insane
Macias gave Pol Pot a decent run for his money in per capita genocide.
Goodness gracious, this is incredibly disturbing.
Thank you for sharing this crucial information.
very good documentary. i learned something new today. SUBEED
Interesting, informative and worthwhile video on a sad era for Equatorial Guinea.
When u think Idd amin is the craziest of all while there is this Ngema who took it to a whole new level, Idd amin was illiterate but he cant hold a candle to this Ngema character
His nephew (Obiang) who runs the country now ain’t much better sadly.
King Leopold was worse than them all combined
@@curtisthomas2670 facts! They really need to do one on him. The millions (tens of millions!) that were killed, maimed and tortured has never been really acknowledged by the world and by Belgium who on my book owes billions of reparations to the Congolese people. Europe has really screwed up Africa and is continuing to do so, especially France.
Love your channel sir. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of African History.
No surprise, one of Nguema’s closest friends and allies was Kim Il Sung of North Korea. They were so close that Nguema sent his 7 year old daughter Mónica to live with Kim and study in North Korea. But just months after she arrived, Nguema was overthrown and executed. She stayed in North Korea and only left in 1994 when Kim died. She now lives in Spain.
Have you read her book ?
She is the one on BALTASAR EBANG EGONGA sex videos
Thank you for this documentary.
I have never heard of this monster.
He should have been brought to the ICC
In which case, Macias should have been aquitted by reason of insanity.
@@oddespenjenssen2236yep. He would have been your everyday regular corrupt, brutal dictator, but his horrible, torturous father drove him to insanity. That diagnosis was from his own family and tribe. Taking massive amounts of hallucinogenic drugs didn't help.
Thank you so much for your work !
As this man ripped the country apart, his family had to realize this man was a psycho for many years before they chose to depose him. This monster had long ago been toxic, but he was their toxic monster. They didn't bother to check him until he started threatening *them*. I wouldn't be surprised if his family, tribe, clan is probably still running things there.🙄
His family still run things there. Namely his nephew and son.
Africa has really had its share of craziness.
Man you are doing a good Job....Keep educating us.....Love from the Akan empire in Ghana.
Which one is the Akan empire?
Very informative! I looked him up after hearing that he sent his daughter to North Korea to Kim Jong Il
One can only hope that as Africans we learn good and progressive lessons from our history.
Nice piece of history. Thx. Hope Africans will Wake Up now nd Resist Oppressors Rule.
this is the dark side of pan africanism. very interesting history. this man should be taught as a caution to the entire continent. good job
He never claimed he was a pan africanist stupid theres a difference
How’s this pan African?
Who said he was a pan Africanist? This is literally stupid.....
What u stating is as stupid as ur profile name and photo. And yes we don't want ur kind here. U can't compare his kind of thinking to the normal pan afrikanism that is well known.
@@drdread9896 Relax this is most likely a white man that believes in having afrika run by them and not us as his stance.
Important history. Excellent production. Amazing footage. Great narrator. Please keep making videos like this.
Very well put together. American, but, the history of other nations, and past and present leaders interests me.
is it just me or is this guys accent just awesome
Eva Peron had a saying (Argentina) " to the masses give them shoes not books"
What a basket case!! I'm surprised none of the neighbouring countries decided to take him out
But his nephew took him out.
Righteousness exhalts a nation.
Sin is a reproach to any people.
Very intresting, keep it coming!
This was a real curse to humanity. Son of a Devil
Guinea Ecuatorial was one of the most wealthy places in Africa under Spanish rule. The "independence" was forced and this is what happened.
Oh please. Spain was also a backward dictatorship at the time.
@@mikicerise6250 Backward? Why? It was among the 15 nations on Earth by GDP-
Spain was an underdeveloped third-world backwater without meaningful infrastructure where wives still went down to the river to wash the family's clothes, without motorways, ruled over by a pathetic fascist dictator, carrying on as if it were still 1700. It was backward and benighted and certainly in no position to help modernize anyone else. E. Guinea's evolution post-independence mirrored Spain's: a coup, a dictatorship, blaming foreign "Satanic" conspiracies for its own failures like Franco, a disastrous experiment in autarchy, butchering thousands of his own people, a hatred of intellectuals (¡muera la inteligencia!), mistrust and marginalisation of other ethnic groups. Spain did prepare E. Guinea for independence very well. After independence it became like Spain.
In any case, while it is important to know history, we need to focus on the future now. Spain and E. Guinea are different places today, though sadly the latter remains a dictatorship. Hopefully they will not go back to the way they were.
@@mikicerise6250 ROFL, what an ignorant you are.
I thought General Amin was taking the crown but hai, Nguema made Amin look like minor league player.
Wow. Very goo narration and research. Kenya
Makes Kenyatta & Moi look good, they were not. Closest psycho to Idi Amin!!!
Hey, thank you so very much for this.
Lord have mercy!!! This guy was either equal to or worse than Idi Amin!!! When I was in basic training in the US army in the mid 80's, my closest friend was from Equitorial Guinea 🇬🇳!! He was a very cool guy. I never at once would have guessed what life was like in his homeland!!😢😢😢
Just discovered your channel and it is excellent. Do you have patreon ? If so I'd be happy to contribute
We are working on it and looking into a podcast soon.
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK oight nice
It’s easier to blame the queen than these I’m exiles they put in prayer. They do to africa what not even colonialism could do.
As a South African how are we going to unite as one Africa when we have dictators in our continent?
When incompetence is in charge
Thank you for making this.
Great work! Subbed!
'Two thirds of the population was wiped out' That is a level of evil just so incomprehensible. He will be a hell for a very long time.
Him dressing up his soldiers as Santa Claus for a Christmas Day massacre while listening to “Those Were the Days” by Mary Hopkin has got to be the modern day equivalent of when Caligula ordered his soldiers to attack the sea god Neptune and collect shells off the coast for plunder. Total insanity!!!
Video editing software for these kind of videos?
The bible tells us that hands joining hands the wicked will not go unpunished. People like him are still ruling African today Almighty God will punish them.
I am speechless after watching this video
Indeed he was Africa's most ruthless tyrant
This guy was very much in the Mao/Pol Pot flavor of anti-intellectual Socialism that makes the very real terror of other Socialist countries look like child’s play.
damn
Intensely hates foreign culture:Wears suit and rides in a Benz
How about that?
No More House of Nguema Family Dictatorship #FreeEquatorialGuinea
People then did not seem to realize that power can be taken away from one person . What made them think that one guy could do all this to all of them and they just let it continue. They could rebel against it .
Banned the word "intellectual" Wow
The guy had failed 3 exams and on the 4th try, they passed him out of sympathy. It was from that point, that everything changed...
@@migueltichareva904 PTSD I would say
His nephew is still in power... Looting the country and filling his accounts... And he's preparing his son to succeed him
Very good!
Equatorial Guinea is Africa's Richest Country Per Capita income $34,865..
3rd Largest Oil Producer in Sub Saharan Africa..
Still the people Suffer..
While the Nguemas live like kings.
Good work. I had never heard of this criminal
My God, the guy was hard core. He got somethings right but went too far with killings and being anti education
Wow, if not for this video, I never knew much about this country. Sad, how man can be so wicked to his own flesh n blood
You call it wicked. I'd call it insane, which is another matter entirely.
Nice and informative
Although, may be a brutal dictator. He also did positive development by banning foreign names and Catholic school.
So did Mobutu.
And people say colonialism was bad....
Yes it was
@ was it really though
What Africans have done to fellow Africans.
SMH