Reader Tony H. sent me this most excellent example of political (literally) fuckery:
A legend has been born in Central Africa. The story started when the head of the tiny Spanish-speaking nation of Equatorial Guinea’s anti-corruption office, Baltasar Ebang Engonga, known as Bello for his good looks, was himself recently arrested for corruption. That itself would have been routine enough on the continent, but upon searching the office the agents found around four hundred CDs containing videos of Baltasar having sex with seemingly every prominent woman in the country — including the wife of the Police Chief, the wife of the Attorney General, the President’s younger sister, and the wives of around 20 cabinet members. Some are calling him Africa’s King Solomon. The videos soon began to be uploaded to the internet one at a time by an unknown party, and if the information is accurate, must have been clearly labeled because it seems as if he recorded himself having sex with almost every woman he has met, and many of them are not famous. The videos are with women of all types, in every position, and in every imaginable location, including government offices, outdoors, public bathrooms, hotels, private bedrooms, and the hospital.
One may think that I would regard this as Just Another African Story, except of course that it isn’t: throughout history, powerful men on any continent have always had access to willingly-shared pudenda pretty much upon request or demand. What makes this serial conquest remarkable is the fact that it was captured on tape, so to speak.
What makes the article all the more interesting is the brief history told of Equatorial Guinea, which even by African standards seems to be an absolute armpit of a place.
As for our African Lothario, I have only one word of comment:
¡Formidable!
To quote the character Russ Hanneman from the TV show Silicon Valley
“Woah… I’m just going to say it. This guy fucks. Am I right?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRtwpJQIiak
From what little I know, that nation’s continental part is so bad that the vast majority of the people live on a large island to the northwest (and it’s so far away you’d think it should be part of Cameroon or Nigeria…). In an attempt to boost development the mainland portion they’re building a new capital city there, but since all the business and ports and such are on the island, it’s questionable as to how much effect this will really have.
I suspect “Bello” is going to have an accident while in custody, as at least one husband is likely to take exception to his movie macking activities.
Unless, of course, the women were a form of partial payment to turn a blind eye to their husbands’ own corruption.
well his middle name says it all, Ebang.
Lowkey is right. The wives and such were probably the grease to hide more corruption.
The part that most amused me was the picture of him posing with his “legitimate” family next to a very traditional Christmas tree. NTTAWWT, of course.