The Wonga Coup: Guns, Thugs and a Ruthless Determination to Create Mayhem in an Oil-Rich Corner of Africa
by Adam Roberts
from PublicAffairs
In The Dogs of War, Frederick Forsyth effectively described an attempt by mercenaries to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea — in 1972. And the chain of events surrounding the night of March 7, 2004, is a rare case of life imitating art—or, at least, life imitating a 1970s thriller—in almost uncanny detail. With a cast of characters worthy of a remake of Wild Geese and a plot as mazy as it was unlikely, The Wonga Coup is a tale of venality, overarching vanity and greed whose example speaks to the problems of the entire African continent.
Small Is Not Always Beautiful
by Liniger-Goumaz Max
from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Equatorial Guinea is one of the horror stories of the post-colonial era in the developing world. Consisting of the continental territory of Rio Muni and the island of Fernando Po, it was a small but relatively prosperous Spanish colony until 1968. The successor regime of the Nguema clan is a bloody dictatorship, which has destroyed the economy and driven one-third of the population into exile. Today the country is among the world's poorest, and has dropped out of the international system. In recent years France has replaced Spain as the regime's chief economic backer, with no amelioration of its appalling human rights record. This is the first comprehensive monograph in English on Equatorial Guinea, and the Swiss author, Max Liniger-Goumaz, is the acknowledged international authority on the subject. Contents: Physical and Human Geography; The Colonial Period; Independence Miscarried; Demographic and Cultural Aspects of the Nguema Era; The Economy Under the Nguema Dictatorships; Present and Future; Conclusions; Postscript; Bibliographical Note; Short Bibliography of Post-Independence Publicationsà R
From Slaving to Neoslavery: The Bight of Biafra and Fernando Po in the Era of Abolition, 1827-1930
by I. K. Sundiata
from University of Wisconsin Press
Fernando Po, home to the Bantu-speaking Bubi people, has an unusually complex history. Long touted as the key to West Africa, it is the largest West African island and the last to enter the world economy. Confronted by both African resistance and ecological barriers, early British and Spanish imperialism foundered there. Not until the late nineteenth century did foreign settlement take hold, abetted by a class of westernized black planters. It was only then that Fernando Po developed a plantation economy dependent on migrant labor, working under conditions similar to slavery. In From Slaving to Neoslavery, Ibrahim K. Sundiata offers a comprehensive history of Fernando Po, explains the continuities between slavery and free contract labor, and challenges standard notions of labor development and progress in various colonial contexts. Sundiata's work is interdisciplinary, considering the influences of the environment, disease, slavery, abolition, and indigenous state formation in determining the interaction of African peoples with colonialism. From Slaving to Neoslavery has manifold implications. Historians usually depict the nineteenth century as the period in which free labor triumphed over slavery, but Sundiata challenges this notion. By examining the history of Fernando Po, he illuminates the larger debate about slavery current among scholars of Africa.
"From Slaving to Neoslavery is a first. No other books exist on Fernando Po in English. The work is original and the scholarship impressive. It will be a must in studies about late slavery, contract labor, and Creoledom. It is a well-researched history of another big plantation island, and its ties with the Caribbean, especially Jamaica, are well handled."Jan M. Vansina, University of Wisconsin
Equatorial Guinea: An African Tragedy (American University Studies. Series XI : Anthropology and Sociology, Vol 39)
Historical Dictionary of Equatorial Guinea
This study is presented in an easy-to-use format that gathers information from pre-history to the current political regime and provides concise entries on important people, significant events and places, political parties, and liberation movements, both before and after independence
Africa (Las mil y una voces)
Comores: Les defis du developpement independant, 1975-1978 (Ocean Indien/recherches et documents)
by Youssouf Said-Soilihi
from L'Harmattan
Executive Report on Strategies in Equatorial Guinea,1999 edition (Strategic Planning Series)
by The Equatorial Guinea Research Group
from Icon Group International, Inc.
Equatorial Glaciers New Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Country Study Guide (World Country Study Guide Library)
by USA International Business Publications
from International Business Publications, USA
Equatorial Guinea: Country Study Guide
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