MR and Guinea (Conakry), a short history (from my email)

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I will not double indent:

“Dear Tyler,

I am a great fan.  I am currently focused on Guinea (Conakry) and wondered what you might have posted about the country over the years. My search for “Guinea” in Marginal Revolution results in 50 posts:

In 13 of them you are referring to “guinea pigs”.
In 9 of them you are referring to “Papua New Guinea”.
In 9 you refer to “Equatorial Guinea”.
In 5 of there is no explicit mention of Guinea (I assume the reference to Guinea can be found if one follows the links?)
In 4 you refer to “Guinea Bissau”.
In 4 you refer to “Guinea”, the country of that name with capital in Conakry
In 3 the reference is to the broader region (Gulf of Guinea, etc).
One reference to the island of “New Guinea”.
One reference to the “guinea worm”.
One reference to “guineas” as in the coins.

Of the references to the country of Guinea, one refers to Bembeya Jazz (good one!), another to press coverage from that country on the DSK affair in 2011, one mentions Guinea as one of the countries of origin for Africans in Guangzhou, and a final one appropriately mentions it on the topic of “Wikipedia knowledge deserts”.

None of these is a dedicated post to the country, something each of the other Guineas does enjoy on Marginal Revolution. I wondered if you might consider redressing the balance?

If it helps, here I write for the Centre for African Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University on how Asian demand, investment and policies is driving a mining boom in Guinea. Guinea is posed to be one of the top 2 growing economies in the world over the next five years on the back of the $20 billion Simandou iron ore mining project. You heard it here first!

Cordialement,

Bernabé Sánchez”

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