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The coup doesn't need soldiers anymore
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The coup doesn't need soldiers anymore

…social media and the new assault on African democracy

Creppy EMMANUEL
Published September 4, 20267 min read

In an earlier piece for this column, I wrote about Ananse — the trickster who built webs not to trap flies, but to acquire stories, and with them, control over what the world came to believe.

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