El impacto de la educación colonial española en la literatura ecuatoguineana

Abstract

This article is part of the historical research focused on the political and educational influence of Spain during the colonial period in Equatorial Guinea. Its main objective is to analyze how Spanish colonial education contributed to the emergence of a distinct Equatorial Guinean literature. During the colonial period, missionaries played a fundamental role in educating and acculturating the local population, facilitating the creation of a literature that fuses African sociocultural reality with Western cultural heritage. This educational process, especially intensified during the Franco era, not only imposed Hispanic culture but also generated a sense of cultural identity among the territory's diverse ethnic communities. The research uses descriptive methods to offer a comprehensive understanding of this topic, addressing the different phases of colonial education and its impact on the cultural and literary formation of Equatorial Guinea. Thus, it highlights how Spanish educational action was key in the construction of a national identity that still endures in the literature and culture of the postcolonial country. In fact, the focus of this analysis is on the colonial period, where missionaries working to educate and acculturate allowed Equatorial Guineans to create their own literature, which blends African sociocultural reality with Western cultural heritage.