Equatorial Guinea: Colonialism, State Terror, and the Search for Stability (Nations of Contemporary Africa)

200 Pages·1990·8.687 MB·English

by  Ibrahim K. Sundiata

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EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
WESTVIEW PROFILES • NATIONS OF
CONTEMPORARY AFRICA
Larry W. Bowman, Series Editor
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jAvailable in hardcover and paperback.
EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
Colonialism, State Terror,
and the Search for Stability
Ibrahim K. Sundiata
Westview Press
BOULDER, SAN FRANCISCO, & OXFORD
Westview Profiles/Nations of Contemporary Africa
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any
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Copyright © 1990 by Westview Press, Inc.
Published in 1990 in the United States of America by Westview Press, Inc., 5500 Central
Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301, and in the United Kingdom by Westview Press, Inc.,
36 Lonsdale Road, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7EW
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sundiata, I. K.
Equatorial Guinea : colonialism, state terror, and the search for
stability / by Ibrahim K. Sundiata.
p. cm. — (Profiles. Nations of contemporary Africa)
Bibliography: p.
ISBN 0-8133-0429-6
1. Equatorial Guinea. I. Title. II. Series.
DT620.22.S86 1990
967'. 18—dcl9 87-14749
CIP
r89
Printed and bound in the United States of America
The paper used in this publication meets the requirements
(oo) of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper
for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984.
Contents
List of Tables and Illustrations Vll
Preface IX
1 The Land and People 1
The Geographical Setting, 2
The People of Rio Muni, 9
The People of Bioko, 13
Notes, 15
2 History 17
African Trade and European Interests, 18
The Advent of Spanish Colonialism, 25
The Colonial System, 30
The Colonial Economy, 35
Migrant Labor, 43
The Socioeconomics of Development, 48
Notes, 52
3 Politics 55
Decolonization, 55
The Regime of Macias Nguema, 63
The Regime of Obiang Nguema, 74
Notes, 88
4 The Economy 91
Decline, 91
Rehabilitation: Finance and Aid, 98
v
vi CONTENTS
Exports and Infrastructure, 106
An Overview, 115
Notes, 116
5 Society and Culture 119
Religion, 121
Education, 131
Language, 134
The Status of Women, 136
Health, 140
Notes, 145
6 Conclusion 149
Notes, 153
Selected Bibliography 155
Index 163