The Spanish of Equatorial Guinea(1): Research on la hispanidad's best-kept secret

From: Afro - Hispanic Review | Date: April 1, 2002| Author: Lipski, John | Copyright information

The Spanish of Equatorial Guineas1: research on la hispanidad's best-kept secret

Introduction

The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is sub-Saharan Africa's only Spanish-speaking nation, which makes it somewhat of a linguistic curiosity, and which has contributed to its political isolation from neighboring countries. At the same time, the role of the national, ex-colonial language is significantly different in Equatorial Guinea than in most of English, French and Portuguese-speakin...

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