Colegio Nacional Enrique Nvó Okenve (or Enrique Nvó Okenve National College) is a college in

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...

. The college has two campuses, based in the cities of Bata (seat) and

Malabo Malabo ( , ; formerly Santa Isabel) is the capital of Equatorial Guinea and the province of Bioko Norte. It is located on the north coast of the island of Bioko, ( bvb, Etulá, and as ''Fernando Pó'' by the Europeans). In 2018, the city had a p ...

. It was originally created in 1959, under Spanish colonial administration, under the name of ''Centro Laboral La Salle de Bata''. After independence in 1968, the college was renamed to honor Enrique Nvó Okenve, a martyr for independence and founder of the

Idea Popular de Guinea Ecuatorial The Popular Idea of Equatorial Guinea ( es, Idea Popular de Guinea Ecuatorial, IPGE) was a nationalist political group created at the end of the 1950s with the goal of establishing independence in Equatorial Guinea. The IPGE is considered to be ...

. Okenve's nationalist ideas and his rise to power in sections of northern

Río Muni Río Muni (called ''Mbini'' in Fang) is the Continental Region (called ''Región Continental'' in Spanish) of Equatorial Guinea, and comprises the mainland geographical region, covering . The name is derived from the Muni River, along which ...

concerned Spanish-appointed

Governor-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

Faustino Ruiz González, who has been alleged to be responsible for contract killers who assassinated Okenve in 1959. Renovation of the Malabo site and reconditioning of the Bata site has been funded by

USAID The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance. With a budget of over $27 bi ...

Notable people

Teodoro Obiang Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (; born 5 June 1942) is an Equatoguinean politician and former military officer who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since August 1979. He is the longest-serving president of any country ev ...

(student at "La Salle de Bata") - military and political;Revendo "Minha vida pelo meu povo" III
PDGE.

Notable people

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