Description
Book SynopsisFollowing one African nation's flow of populations and culture in the colonial and postcolonial worlds
Trade Review"A thorough examination of the African nation of Equatorial Guinea and its complex political, cultural, and literary history. Africans in Europe makes a definitive contribution to the burgeoning field of Afro-Spanish studies and the literature of Equatorial Guinea."--Silvia Bermudez, author of La esfinge de la escritura: la poesia etica de Blanca Varela
"Ugarte's refined prose, playful ideas, and timely and pertinent subject matter highlight the value of Equatorial Guinean emixile writers for understanding global migrations and cultural cross-fertilization."--Bulletin for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
1. Emixile 1
2. Out of Equatorial Guinea 18
3. The First Wave 30
4. Donato Ndongo: Model of Emixile 58
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El metro (The Subway): Saga of the African Emigrant 76
6. Between Life and Death: The Macias Generation 90
7. Exiles Stay at Home 112
8. Gendering Emixile: The Mythic Return 133
9. Ending with a Beginning 156
Notes 169
Bibliography 179
Index 193
