EVENT INFORMATION

12
Òktober
1968

Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain

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📅 12 Òktober 1968 📍 Guinea Ekuatorial, Spaña

Spanish Guinea became the independent Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Independence ended Spain’s colonial administration, but authoritarian rule and political violence soon constrained the new state. The transition was also shaped by the distinct histories of Bioko and Río Muni and by the Spanish colonial labor and racial hierarchy that preceded statehood.

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Francisco Macías Nguema

Equatoguinean communities

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Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Spanish colonial administration