Macias Nguema, son of a witch doctor who three times failed exams to be eligible for a position in the civil service and this made him have a sickening hatred for intellectuals. The bespectacled were imprisoned under Macias Nguema because he believed that wearing spectacles was a sign of study and that using the phrase “intellectual” was treasonous under his rule.

In 1974, Macias Nguema sent a third of the population and all teachers into exile, outlawed publications, and shut down all libraries and schools. All that was taught to kids during his 11-year administration were political catchphrases. In 1976, Nguema ordered the execution of the Central Bank governor in front of a crowd in the nation’s capital and had the national pharmacy and all the money transferred to Nguema’s village.

the statistician produced a population estimate that “The Grand Master of Science, Education, and Culture” thought was too low. He was dismembered in order to “teach him how to count”.

Meredith adds that Papa Macias “had all former lovers of his present mistresses assassinated” in addition to having the spouses of women with whom he discussed breaching the law dead. After being overthrown by his cousin, Colonel Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who is now the president, “The National Miracle” was sentenced to death in September 1979 at the age of 55.