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Why Nobody Lives On This HUGE Stretch Of Africa's Coast
Geography By Geoff

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To the north: Luanda, a booming metropolis of nearly ten million. To the south: Cape Town, a massive global hub. But if you trace the coastline between them, you'll find something bizarre: two thousand miles of absolutely nothing. This is Africa’s empty southwest coast home to one of the most unforgiving dead zones on Earth. But why is it still so empty even in 2026?

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Chapters:

0:00 - Introduction

0:35 - The Geography of the Dead Zone

7:27 - Empires of Sand and the Diamond Rush

12:52 - The Billion Dollar Desert

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