Angola’s Oil-Soaked Kleptocracy Is an Empire Built on Inequality

Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos and the richest woman in Africa, owes her wealth to the oil industry. Delfina Fernandes, a woman living in abject poverty in the village of Kibanga, uses gasoline as an anesthetic to dull the sheering pain of her rotting teeth. The startling contrast … Continue reading Angola’s Oil-Soaked Kleptocracy Is an Empire Built on Inequality