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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/equatorialguineaOOOOsund EQUATORIAL GUINEA WESTVIEW PROFILES • NATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY AFRICA Larry W. Bowman, Series Editor Equatorial Guinea: Colonialism, State Terror, and the Search for Stability, Ibrahim K. Sundiata Mali: A Search for Direction, Pascal James Imperato Cameroon: Dependence and Independence, Mark W. DeLancey The Central African Republic: The Continent's Hidden Heart, Thomas E. O'Toole Botswana: Liberal Democracy and the Labor Reserve in Southern Africa, Jack Parson |Kenya: The Quest for Prosperity, Norman N. Miller fMozambique: From Colonialism to Revolution, 1900-1982, Allen Isaacman and Barbara Isaacman Senegal: An African Nation Between Islam and the West, Sheldon Gellar |Tanzania: An African Experiment, Second Edition, Revised and Updated, Rodger Yeager Ghana: Coping with Uncertainty, Deborah Pellow and Naomi Chazan Somalia: Nation in Search of a State, David D. Laitin and Said S. Samatar Ethiopia: Transition and Development in the Horn of Africa, Mulatu Wubneh and Yohannis Abate Zambia: Between Two Worlds, Marcia M. Burdette Sao Tome and Principe: From Plantation Colony to Microstate, Tony Hodges and Malyn Newitt 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 form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. 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
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