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An op-ed that highlights the important role that the Dodd-Frank legislation in the U.S. could play in increasing transparency in Equatorial Guinea.

The riddle is the true backbone of the Fang people's wisdom and the ultimate source for understanding the social ties, their close relationship with the forest, their beliefs and sense of ownership, and the psychological background of the community.

The ecology and distribution of thirty-seven Melastomataceae species found on 29 inselbergs in the rain forest of Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Cameroon are described. The relative contributions of climatic determinism, and stochastic and historical processes to the present distribution of the species amongst the study sites are investigated.

The author discusses the colonial processes in the Gulf of Guinea in relation to colonial law and territory, including topics such as the indigenous agricultural colonization and the abuse and protection of the people of Africa.