Leonard Wantchekon is trying to build a world-class university in Benin

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AS LEONARD WANTCHEKON was having breakfast with his wife, Catherine Kossou, in 2007, she recalled how one friend could not trust anyone. Even as a child her friend would say: “That person is going to sell you,” or “He will make you disappear.”
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Lessons from Leonard”

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