![]() However, there are no cultural (art or literature) organizations set up by the government. Many writers and artists are connected with Spanish cultural centres in the country, but it also has had a university since 1995 (la Universidad Nacional de Guinea Equatorial UNGE) which has an arts department in addition to the more pragmatic and technical departments. Equatorial Guinean literature is written in Spanish and is published in Spain. Just as in many other African countries, Equatorial Guinea is characterized linguistically by a form of diglossia: in addition to the ethnic spoken languages (Bubi, Fang, Ndowe, Bisio, Annobones, Balengue, and Baseke), a second language is used here, Spanish is the official language and lingua franca. Although Obiang looked for connections with French and Portuguese-speaking countries linguistically, and while the various ethnic groups spoke their own languages, Spanish remained the main language of communication. It seemed that the regime had come to its end in 1979 with “ el Golpe de Libertad” (Coup of Freedom) led by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who had his uncle Macías executed, but he set up a new dictatorship and enriched himself with the yields from oil. More than a third of the population and a large part of the intellectual elite fled the country under his regime. Macías sought support from the Soviet Union, China, Cuba and North Korea among other countries. Introduction: Equatorial Guinea: its literature and visual arts General BackgroundĮquatorial Guinea is a former Spanish colony which gained its independence in 1968, with as its first president Francisco Macías Nguema, who turned the country into a dictatorship. Introduction | Selected titles | Web resources The dossier is introduced by PhD candidate Anita Brus and concludes with a selection of links to relevant web sites. ![]() Titles link to the corresponding record in the online catalogue, which provides additional details and abstracts, where available. The dossier consists of selected titles from the ASCL Library Catalogue, published from 2008, extended with sources available through the UBL Catalogue. ![]() To mark the 50th anniversary of Equatorial Guinea's independence the ASCL Library has compiled a web dossier on Equatorial Guinea. ![]()
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