Just the other day I was wondering if the CIA ever did one good thing. Motivations aside, distributing banned books seems to fit the bill.
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Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel@onekade Quite a few African writers in the 60's got into print because of CIA money. Ngugi wa Thiong'o, for one.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@zunguzungu But not in Latin America. Cuba had to do that for us, I guess.@onekade1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel@onekade Pretty sure a lot of Latin American lit was funded by CIA ducats as well1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Replying to @zunguzungu
@zunguzungu If only spooks today had the literary cachet of JJ Angleton! (Joking.) @onekade
7:51 AM - 6 Apr 2014
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