Hofstra Department of Romance Languages and Literatures presents
The Whites Must Go: Anticolonial Sentiments in Equatorial Africa with
ENRIQUE OKENVE
Just when the colonial masters decided their African subjects would be recognized as Spaniards, Africans in Equatorial Guinea realized this was not enough and they had to expel the colonizers to be free. Enrique Okenve teaches African history and research methods in the Department of History and Archaeology at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus (Jamaica). A child of the Nzomo clan and Africa’s post-independence exile, he was born in Spain. There, he grew up aware of his belonging to Equatorial Guinea, while learning about his family’s opposition to colonialism and the successive dictators that have plagued the country since its independence from Spain. His cross-disciplinary research focuses on 19th and 20th century West Central Africa and relies heavily on oral history. His publications include articles and book chapters in English and in Spanish. He has recently completed a book manuscript that explores the development of tradition as an ideological tool to resist the Spanish colonial state in Equatorial Guinea and is currently working on a new book project that examines transcontinental ties and the human factor behind the involvement of colonized Africans in the anti-colonial nationalist movement. His work also includes media outreach, having recently hosted a weekly history radio show on one of Jamaica’s radio stations.
This programming is made possible thanks to a collaboration with New York University’s King Juan Carlos I Center and the Center’s director Jordana Mendelson. Enrique Okenve will deliver the following lecture at NYU on Thursday, September 19 at 6 p.m.: “Behind the Gaze: Spanish Power and Fang Humiliation in Equatorial Guinea”. First their culture and bodies were vilified, then came the conquest and subjugation of Fang men and women who never accepted the many forms of Spanish colonial power.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | 4:20-5:45 p.m.
246 East Library Wing, Axinn Library, Second Floor, South Campus
Organized by Benita Sampedro Vizcaya and co-sponsored by the Center for “Race,” Culture and Social Justice, the Africana Studies Program, and the Hofstra University Cultural Center.
This event is FREE and open to the public. To RSVP visit events.hofstra.edu For information, please contact Lynne.Murray@hofstra.edu