By Night the Mountain Burns
About the book
Childhood memories on Annobón reveal a community facing disasters and isolation.
Original title: Arde el monte de noche
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Equatorial Guinea
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel recalls childhood on Annobón and depicts migrants waiting near Melilla’s border. Donato Ndongo reconstructs growing up under Spanish rule and tensions between Catholicism and ancestral traditions. The selection juxtaposes island life, colonial society and contemporary migration. All listed works have verified English translations from Spanish.
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- By Night the Mountain BurnsJuan Tomás Ávila Laurel
- Shadows of Your Black MemoryDonato Ndongo
- La BastardaTrifonia Melibea Obono
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The Gurugu Pledge
About the book
Migrants on Mount Gurugu await a chance to cross into the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
Original title: El juramento de Gurugú
Shadows of Your Black Memory
About the book
Memories of childhood under Spanish rule reveal tensions between Catholicism and ancestral traditions.
Original title: Las tinieblas de tu memoria negra
La Bastarda
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Teenage Okomo searches for her father and discovers love beyond her community’s imposed norms.
Obi’s Nightmare
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A satirical comic forces a dictator to live one day as an ordinary Equatoguinean citizen.
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