María Nsué Angüe

María Nsué Angüe (Ebebiyín, Río Muni, Spanish Guinea, 1945-Malabo, January 18, 2017) was an Equatoguinean writer and journalist. In 2015 she was appointed corresponding academic in Equatorial Guinea of the RAE. She frequently addressed the oppression of women in her work. She was especially known for Ekomo, the first novel published by an Equatorial Guinean woman.

Biography

Born into a family of the Fang ethnic group, she emigrated with her parents to Spain when she was only eight years old. In Spain she completed her studies and began her literary career.

Back in his country where he settled, he worked in the Ministry of Press and Radio Information of Equatorial Guinea. She was also a writer who achieved international fame, especially in Europe and Latin America.

Her most important work is Ekomo, the first novel published by an Equatoguinean woman, where she tells the story of a Fang woman who, upon the death of her husband, dares to break certain taboos. of African society. The novel was first published in 1985, and a second revised edition appeared in 2007 from the publisher Sial. Ekomo has been gaining popularity among scholars and academics for its careful, poetic writing in which the different worlds that converge in Equatoguinean society are intertwined.

He also wrote short stories, articles and poems, and died with several unpublished manuscripts. Frequent themes in her work are the oppression of women and postcolonial African society. Some of her work takes its inspiration from popular Fang literature.

On June 25, 2015, the Royal Spanish Academy named her Corresponding Academician in Equatorial Guinea.

He died on January 18, 2017 in Malabo.

Works

• Ekomo, Madrid, UNED, 1985. ISBN 84-362-1974-0
• DelusionsMalabo, Centro Cultural Hispano-Guineano, 1991.
• Counts of Old NoaMalabo, Centro Cultural Hispano-Guineano, 1999.