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EP5 Red Gold and Private Empires
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As palm oil becomes Europe’s new industrial treasure, a Scottish entrepreneur builds a private empire in Africa—rewriting the rules of trade and sovereignty while surrounding the Benin Empire with treaties and threats.
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