Francisco Macías Nguema

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In 1968, the colony of Spanish Guinea was granted independence and became the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. In its first open election, which turned out to be its last, it elected as president Francisco Macías Nguema. He very quickly turned out to be a dictator. However, he wasn’t just a dictator. He became one of the worst dictators of the 20th century. Learn more about Francisco Macías Nguema, his reign of terror, and how he single-handedly wrecked Equatorial Guinea on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Jerry Compare quotes and coverages side-by-side from up to 50 top insurers at jerry.ai/daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1968, the colony of Spanish Guinea was granted independence and became the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
0:06.9	In its first open election, which turned out to be its last, it elected as president Francisco
0:12.5	Macias Naguma. He very quickly turned out to be a dictator. However, he wasn't just a dictator.
0:18.7	He became one of the worst dictators of the 20th century.
0:22.7	Learn more about Francisco Macyas Naguma, his reign of terror,
0:26.2	and how he single-handedly wrecked Equatorial Guinea on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Hello, I'm Matt, and I'm McKinley.
0:46.3	We have the father-son duo behind history dispatches.
0:49.3	The daily podcast that uncovers the weird, obscure, and fantastic tales from the past.
0:54.3	From lobotomies to the Library of Alexandria.
0:56.7	To London's killer fog and America's missing nukes.
0:59.9	We've got bandits and battles.
1:01.5	Plus Queen Victoria's royal rat catcher.
1:04.1	And the great emu war.
1:05.6	And the only time French, German, and American soldiers fought alongside each other in World War II.
1:10.8	Subscribe to History Dispatches wherever you like to listen.
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1:25.3	It's an audio guide to the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.
1:29.4	In under 15 minutes, you'll be transported to a new hidden wonder, and along the way,
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