Ekitike: The Obscure West African Nut Quietly Fuelling the Planet’s 24/7 Dystopia
Ekitike: The Tiny West African Nut That Quietly Runs the World DAKAR—On a cracked concrete loading dock just off the port here, men in knock-off Barcelona shirts shovel what looks like gravel into burlap sacks stamped with flags from Turkey, Vietnam, and a surprisingly chipper rendition of North Korea’s. The cargo is ekitike—cola nut’s uglier…