Justo Bolekia Boleká
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Justo Bolekia Boleká is an Equatorial Guinean scholar and writer of Bubi descent.
He attended college at Complutense University of Madrid
obtaining a Doctorate degree in Modern Philology in 1986. Om June 8, 2007, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Salamanca
, and was awarded their PhD Extraordinary Award.
He was Acting Professor of French Studies at the University of Salamanca
from 1987 until 1990, he then became Assistant Professor of French Studies at the same university. He has also served as Director of the Escuela Universitaria de Educación de Ávila. He has published numerous books of essays and poetry.
His work has been studied by American professors interested in Afro-Hispanic literary production, and has been included in anthologies of poetry (Literatura de Guinea Ecuatorial, de Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo
y Mbare Ngom Faye, 2000; La voz y la escritura 2006: 80 nuevas propuestas poéticas, 2006). He also authored such works as Panorama de la Literatura en español en Guinea Ecuatorial published in El español en el mundo. Anuario del Instituto Cervantes, 2005.
Politically, he has been responsible for the political group Demócratas por el Cambio para Guinea Ecuatorial, and is Permanent Delegate of the MAIB Abroad (Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island
), as opposed to the regime of Teodoro Obiang
.
He attended college at Complutense University of Madrid
Complutense University of Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid is a university in Madrid, and one of the oldest universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of...
obtaining a Doctorate degree in Modern Philology in 1986. Om June 8, 2007, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Salamanca
University of Salamanca
The University of Salamanca is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid. It was founded in 1134 and given the Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the oldest founded university in Spain and the third oldest European...
, and was awarded their PhD Extraordinary Award.
He was Acting Professor of French Studies at the University of Salamanca
University of Salamanca
The University of Salamanca is a Spanish higher education institution, located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid. It was founded in 1134 and given the Royal charter of foundation by King Alfonso IX in 1218. It is the oldest founded university in Spain and the third oldest European...
from 1987 until 1990, he then became Assistant Professor of French Studies at the same university. He has also served as Director of the Escuela Universitaria de Educación de Ávila. He has published numerous books of essays and poetry.
His work has been studied by American professors interested in Afro-Hispanic literary production, and has been included in anthologies of poetry (Literatura de Guinea Ecuatorial, de Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo
Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo
Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo is an Equatorial Guinean writer/journalist and part of a movement of young Afro-descended authors who have contributed their African experience and traditions to Hispanic culture.-Writings:...
y Mbare Ngom Faye, 2000; La voz y la escritura 2006: 80 nuevas propuestas poéticas, 2006). He also authored such works as Panorama de la Literatura en español en Guinea Ecuatorial published in El español en el mundo. Anuario del Instituto Cervantes, 2005.
Politically, he has been responsible for the political group Demócratas por el Cambio para Guinea Ecuatorial, and is Permanent Delegate of the MAIB Abroad (Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island
Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island
The Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island is a proscribed political organization in Equatorial Guinea. It has its roots in the pre-independence Unión Bubi, which sought independence from the mainland half of Spanish Guinea...
), as opposed to the regime of Teodoro Obiang
Teodoro Obiang
Teodoro Obiang is the name of:* Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, President of Equatorial Guinea* Teodoro Nguema Obiang, son of the President...
.
Articles
- El aumento o actualizador definido en lengua bubi (en "Muntu, Revue scientifique et Culturelle", n.7, GabónGabonGabon , officially the Gabonese Republic is a state in west central Africa sharing borders with Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, and with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south. The Gulf of Guinea, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean is to the west...
, 1987) - Panorama de la literatura en español en Guinea Ecuatorial (en Anuario del Instituto Cervantes, 2005)
- La Realidad Literaria y Lingüística de Guinea Ecuatorial (en El Fingidor nº 19-20, mayo-diciembre de 2003, Revista de Cultura)
- Literatura Francófona Africana (en Pueblos nº 2003, Revista de Información y Debate. ISSN: 1577-4376)
- Etc.
Doctoral Thesis
- Aspectos lingüísticos y sociolingüísticos del bubi del noreste (tesis doctoral, Editorial de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1988)
- La enculturación bubi desde los préstamos del pidgin-English. Procesos de lexicalización progresiva (Universidad de Salamanca, 2007)
Instructional Books
- Curso de Lengua Bubi, (ISBN 84-7232-608-X Centro Cultural Hispano-Guineano, 1991)
- Antroponimia bubi. Estudio Lingüístico (1994)
- Narraciones bubis. Otra morfología del cuento africano (1994)
- Breve diccionario bubi-castellano y castellano-bubi (1997)
- Aprender el bubi. Método para principiantes (1999)
- Lenguas y Poder en África (2001)
- Aproximación a la historia de Guinea Ecuatorial (2003)
- Cuentos bubis de la isla de Bioko (2003)
- La Francofonía. El nuevo rostro del colonialismo en África (2005)
- Poesía en lengua bubi (Antología y estudio) (2007)
- Lingüística bantu a través del bubi (2008)
- La Francofonía. El nuevo rostro del colonialismo en África. 2ª edición corregida y ampliada (2008)
- Diccionario español-bubi/Ë ribúkku ra balláa béböbé-lëëpanná (2009)
Poetry
- Löbëla (1999)
- Ombligos y raíces. Poesía africana (2006)
- Las reposadas imágenes de antaño (2008)
Books
- Lenguas para fines específicos IV. Investigación y enseñanza (1996)
- Ciencia y memoria de África: actas de las III Jornadas sobre Expediciones científicas y africanismo español, 1898-1998 (2002)
- La Recuperación de la Memoria. Creación cultural e identidad nacional en la literatura Hispano-negroafricana (2004)
- La Voz y la Escritura. Antología 2006 (2006)
- Etnias, Estado y Poder en África (2005)
- De Boca en Boca. Estudios de Literatura Oral de Guinea Ecuatorial (2004)
- De Promisión (2007)
- El Futuro de las Lenguas. Diversidad frente a Uniformidad (2008)
- Un mundo de relatos. Antología (2009)
- Etc.