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The African cup is a competition with it's history dating back to 1957. The competition is hosted every two years and it is quite notably hosted in January because of the continent's climatic conditions. In every single competition there are interesting   dynamics; nations with history and nations in form. My wish as a writer is to exploit the dynamics of the African continent with you. The grand masters of most competition like to establish themselves in the early stages of the competition and in the AFCON it isn't any different.The first edition of this tournament was claimed by the Pharoahs  of Egypt in the South Saharan parts of Sudan, the Egyptians would continue to become record winners in the competition winning it 7 times with a show of brute force and power in every single conquer or dominance if you may. The pharos are the only side to have won the competition 3 times in a row;2006,2008 and in 2010 making them out rightly the most successful footballing nation o...