{"product_id":"anansis-gold-yepoka-yeebo-9781635574739","title":"Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCatch Me if You Can\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eComing to America\u003c\/i\u003e in this epic tale of one of the greatest scammers of all time.\"-NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year * Named one of the best books of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, NPR, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Economist, \u003c\/i\u003eTIME, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlate, \u003c\/i\u003eand WIRED\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yepoka Yeebo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1635574730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635574739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2023 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2023","brand":"Yepoka Yeebo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44173276709119,"sku":"9781635574739","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25a789df-8164-473e-a818-1ed61bd5c0e0.jpg?v=1689791930","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anansis-gold-yepoka-yeebo-9781635574739","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}