Equatorial Guinean Literature in its National and Transnational Contexts

252 Pages·2017·9.683 MB·English

by  Marvin A. Lewis

U A T O R I A L GUINEAN LITERAT
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In Its National and Transnational Contexts

O R I A L G UINEAN LITE
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In Its National and Transnational Contexts
Marvin A. Lewis
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PRESS
Columbia
Copyright © 2017 by
The Curators of the University of Missouri
University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65211
Printed and bound in the United States of America
All rights reserved. First printing, 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8262-2120-9
Library of Congress Control Number: 2017930379
This paper meets the requirements of the
American National Standard for Permanence of Paper
for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48, 1984.
Typefaces: Cardo, Cinzel
To the people of Equatorial Guinea

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
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Introduction
Nationalism, Migration, Diaspora, Transnationalism
3
Chapter One
The Transnational Character of Equatorial Guinean Literature
El metro, El porteador de Marlow, and Autorretrato con un infiel
13
Chapter Two
Malabo: The Cultural Matrix
Ecos de Malabo and Luz en la noche: poesía y teatro
55
Chapter Three
Women: Between Tradition and Modernity
Las tres vírgenes de Santo Tomás, Tres almas para un corazón, and Mokámbo:
aromas de libertad
89
Chapter Four
From Fiction to Reality
En el lapso de una ternura and Matinga, sangre en la selva
111
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Chapter Five
Dictatorship in a Pan- African Perspective
Siete días en Bioko and Conspiración en el green (El informe Abayak)
139
Chapter Six
Language as Cultural Resistance
Sueños y realidad and Los callados anhelos de una vida
171
Chapter Seven
Equatorial Guinea: The People’s Perspective
Avión de ricos, ladrón de cerdos and Arde el monte de noche
207
Conclusion
221
Notes
227
Select Bibliography
233
Index
237
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to Mary Harris for her expertise in manuscript preparation, to Elisa
Rizo for her critique of an earlier version of the manuscript, and to Columbia
Public Library for its space, staff, and interlibrary loan services.
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