{"product_id":"anansis-gold-yepoka-yeebo-9781639735297","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\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\u003eAfter winning independence in 1957, Ghana instantly became a target for home-grown opportunists and rapacious Western interests determined to snatch any assets that British colonialism hadn't already stripped. A CIA-funded military junta ousted the inspiring president, Kwame Nkrumah, then falsely accused him of hiding the country's gold overseas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Into 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 around the world. American prosecutors called his scam \"one of the most fascinating--and lucrative--in modern history.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eAnansi's Gold\u003c\/i\u003e, Yepoka Yeebo chases Blay-Miezah's wild 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 1639735291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639735297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.51w x 1.00d","brand":"Yepoka Yeebo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46334655332607,"sku":"9781639735297","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f3e2a5f-1e87-4755-a031-5e00712db9f4.jpg?v=1731467420","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anansis-gold-yepoka-yeebo-9781639735297","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}