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Creator of Humans Of New York: blog, video series, and two #1 NYT bestselling books. More of a party on Instagram: @humansofny

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    Brandon Stanton‏Verified account @humansofny 14 Jul 2016
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    “I come from the small country of Gabon. It used to be the Switzerland of Africa. There are only 1.5 million..."pic.twitter.com/EqV6V6UkUo

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    • Fara7 Al Darwish ♪♬♥ dumdum Needless_bookworm Une Enfant du Gabon []hayyat[] a نور عيزواني Mim farah
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      1. Twatter‏ @Twatter008 14 Jul 2016
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        and then there's West Africa, which is basically being voluntarily raped by China...

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      1. skipoc‏ @skipoc 14 Jul 2016
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        how sad that the world allows the pillaging of African resources by despots instead of helping the people overthrow them

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      1. عمر‏ @Areo1897 14 Jul 2016
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        10/10 for timing

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      1. kate dodd‏ @katedodd3 14 Jul 2016
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        my sister worked in Gabon..very poor people.trying hard..

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      1. ABELING‏ @armahnii07 15 Jul 2016
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        the United nation is now out of date and should change the name Divided nations

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      1. नेहा श्रीवास्तव (Nehā S)‏ @neha_aks 14 Jul 2016
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        poor timing

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      1. Prince Snow‏ @faytee25 15 Jul 2016
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        it takes intellectuals resources 2 create awareness of these facts 2 d citizens.D citizens are d power of any state & shld act

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      2. Playing Chess with Pigeons‏ @LouQuacious 14 Jul 2016
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        I've heard about 10 countries called the "Switzerland" of Africa.

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      3. Sabine Roach‏ @Nornenland 15 Jul 2016
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        You've lost the plot making this glib statement.

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      1. Xhosa  👑‏ @zaynab_the1 16 Jul 2016
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        @blakgirlprobs weird how the U.S never invaded Gabon like it did to Libya. Or wait Libya was about to make Africa flourish. 😏

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