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Revised and enlarged edition of a general work which provides hard-to- find information on leading persons, places, events, political parties, and liberation movements before and after independence. Historical entries go from prehistory to the beginning of 1988; with bibliography, chronology, and a list of abbreviations and acronyms. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Historical Dictionary of Equatorial Guinea FROM THE PUBLISHER
The third edition of this standard reference work brings the history of Equatorial Guinea into the second Nguemist dictatorship, which began with the August 1979 coup of Obiang Nguema. It explains the continuity of the Nguema dynasty, marked by violence, disregard for human rights, nepotism, corruption, drug trafficking, and the confiscation of oil profits by high ranking members of the Clan of Mongomo. This edition also adds essential detail to the Report on Human Rights Practices that was submitted to the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, January 30, 1998.
Author Biography: Max Liniger-Goumaz, Ph.D., is an international expert and consultant on Africa, who has worked all over the continent since 1962 and is a writer on African and European issues. In 1983 he was awarded the W. Huber Prize by the Societe de Geographie of Paris for his work.
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This revision...is sorely needed...Essential for African studies programs, and recommended for university, college, and larger public libraries..
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"Few of Africa's many new nations are as completely unknown in most circles, including those which are generally familiar with Africa, as Equatorial Guinea." So says Linger-Goumaz (economic geography, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), the principal international specialist for the last quarter century on this country which became independent from Spain in 1968, who provides this first general volume in English about the former Spanish Guinea. Before proceeding to entries from "Abaga Edjang, F." (a distance education professor) to "Zaragoza Group"(cross-referenced to "Obiang Nguema," president-dictator since 1979), the author provides an introduction to the country, a note on its place names, and a chronology of major events from its disputed discovery in 500 BC to its political turmoil in the 1990s. Includes an extensive, categorized bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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