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Yepoka Yeebo has written for\xa0The Guardian,\xa0Bloomberg Businessweek, and\xa0Quartz. Her new book is\xa0Anansi\u2019s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World.\n\u201cInitially it was like,\xa0Why are you writing about a con man? He makes Ghana look bad. Nobody needs another crime story about an African person.\xa0I found that irritating, because isn't the whole point of being a complete person, complete people, is we contain multitudes? We too can be epic, world-leading con men! Also, it's a great story. Everybody should revel in the insanity of what happened.\u201d\nShow notes:\n\n@yepoka\n\nyepokayeebo.com\n\nYeebo on Longform\n\nAnansi\u2019s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World\n\n16:00\xa0\u201cThe True Story of the Fake U.S. Embassy in Ghana\u201d\xa0(The Guardian \u2022 Nov 2017)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices