# How This Central African City Became the World’s Most Expensive | Wendover Productions

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Podcast: [Wendover Productions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wendover-productions-7264431)
Published: 2026-08-01T14:54:00+00:00
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How This Central African City Became the World’s Most Expensive Sign up for the Nebula/CuriosityStream bundle deal to get both streaming sites for just $14.79 a year: http://CuriosityStream.com/WendoverWatch Jet Lag: The Game at http://youtube.com/jetlagthegameBuy a Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirtSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinterestingYoutube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: wendover@standard.tv Other emails: sam@wendover.productions Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsWriting by Sam Denby and Tristan Purdy Editing by Alexander Williard Animation led by Josh Sherrington Sound by Graham Haerther Thumbnail by Simon BuckmasterReferences [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/01/extreme-city-specter [2] https://library.fes.de/libalt/journals/swetsfulltext/11733907.pdf [3] https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep30954.6.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Aba96b30914cbcfe6a94c15a339cb1606&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&origin= [4] https://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/etd/ucb/text/Cardoso_berkeley_0028E_15509.pdf [5] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?end=2005&most_recent_value_desc=true&start=1961&view=chart [6] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2008/9/6/timeline-angolan-elections [7] http://www.afrol.com/articles/22889 [8] https://bradtangolaupdate.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/luanda-new-5-star-hotel-opens/ [9] https://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/football/01/11/angola.host.cup.nations/index.html [10] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-af…

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