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Money No Get Enemy Odoba Media
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Right up until the 19th century, West Africa was an important node in the world economy. A lot of wealth was created on the continent and a lot of money flowed into West Africa through trade with the Atlantic and Mediterranean worlds. Yet, we all know the story today. Two decades into the 21st century and Africa is the "poorest" region in the world. So what the heck happened?
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Introducing: Money No Get Enemy
Welcome to Money No Get Enemy. Love it or hate it, everybody has to have it. We tell stories of the history of money in Africa and how we got to a world where African countries are defined by their express lack of this thing called 'money'.
Join us for our first 6-episode season to discover that bottles of gin can be used as cash, that decentralized currencies existed long before bitcoin, and that the way you define money can in itself determine who is 'rich' and who is 'poor'.
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