An Introduction to the Literature of Equatorial Guinea : Between Colonialism and Dictatorship

By (author)  Marvin A. Lewis

Spain’s only former colony in sub-Saharan Africa, Equatorial Guinea is home to a literature of transition – songs of freedom in which authors reflect on their identity within the context of recent colonialism and dictatorship. “”An Introduction to the Literature of Equatorial Guinea”” is the first book-length critical study of this literature, a multigenre analysis encompassing fifty years of poetry, drama, essays, and prose fiction. Both resident and exiled authors offer insights into the impact of colonialism and dictatorship under Spanish rule and consider the fruits of “”independence”” under the regimes of Francisco Macias Nguema and Teodoro Obiang Nguema.