Francisco Macías Nguema was a brutal dictator who ruled Equatorial Guinea for 11 years, implementing extreme measures such as banning the word 'intellectual' and executing people for wearing glasses, while forcing citizens to worship him as a god and carrying out mass executions in soccer stadiums with loudspeakers playing 'Those Were the Days.' Despite being arguably more psychotic than Idi Amin, he remains largely forgotten in global historical memory.
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Africa's Most Brutal Dictator You Never Heard OfAdded:
Did you know there was a dictator so insane he banned the word intellectual and executed people for wearing glasses?
Francisco Macías Nguema turned Equatorial Guinea into a living nightmare. He forced citizens to worship [music] him as a god. Anyone who seemed too smart was killed on sight. His mass executions took place in soccer stadiums while loudspeakers blasted "Those Were the Days". For 11 years this madman ruled with absolute terror. He was arguably more psychotic than Idi Amin, yet most people have never heard his name. This is the story of history's most forgotten monster.
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