Astral Codex Ten

East Africa

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East Africa

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East Africa is a recurring place in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 4 times across 4 issues between July 01, 2022 and September 13, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “seven countries in East Africa plan to merge into a single state sometime in the next few years”; “most of East Africa”; “fieldwork in various countries and regions of East Africa”. It most often appears alongside Russia, America, California.

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  • Category: Places
  • Mention count: 4
  • Issue count: 4
  • First seen: July 01, 2022
  • Last seen: September 13, 2024

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

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July 01, 2022 · Original source
1: Did you know: seven countries in East Africa plan to merge into a single state sometime in the next few years (I bet it won’t happen).
Inline links: plan to merge into a single state
Grading My 2018 Predictions For 2023
February 20, 2023 · Original source
Countries that may have an especially good half-decade: Israel, India, Nigeria, most of East Africa, Iran. Countries that may have an especially bad half-decade: Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, UK. The Middle East will get worse before it gets better, especially Lebanon and the Arabian Peninsula (Syria might get better, though).
Assistant Dictator Book Club: America Against America
June 07, 2023 · Original source
One of the professors who studied African issues told me that to do good research I had to do fieldwork in various countries and regions of East Africa, and that to do so I could not attend classes in the department. He got permission from the head of the department. The other professors then became very jealous; they didn’ t say anything on the surface, but there was a lot of gossip behind the scenes that this professor was getting too good a deal for not teaching and going abroad and getting a salary at the same time. In contrast, they were too unprofitable. I asked him how he could get the permission of the department head. He said the department chair had a good relationship with him. He was working on a plan to get the department chair to go to a country in Africa for a scenic trip and lecture on the side. This professor is a very decent man, but he knows how to get his way.
Your Book Review: Nine Lives
September 13, 2024 · Original source
To me, there was no resemblance or parallel between Muslims being used as human shields by Mongol armies and the attacks in East Africa. Al-Muhajir's precedent was a castle of sand. Were al-Qaeda's other theological justifications, including its interpretation of the prophecies, built on equally shaky foundations? Was al-Qaeda really the Vanguard that would fight with the Mahdi or was it set on a path that future generations of Muslims would reject rather than celebrate?