Justo Bolekia Boleká (born December 13, 1954 in Santiago de Baney,

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) is an Equatorial Guinean scholar and writer of

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descent.

Life and career

He attended college at

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obtaining a Doctorate degree in Modern Philology in 1986. On June 8, 2007, he received a Ph.D. from the

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, and was awarded their PhD Extraordinary Award. He was Acting Professor of French Studies at the

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

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. 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

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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

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Miscellaneous works

Articles

*''El aumento o actualizador definido en lengua bubi'' (en "Muntu, Revue scientifique et Culturelle", n.7, Gabón, 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. ) *''Etc.''

Thesis

*''Aspectos lingüísticos y sociolingüísticos del bubi del noreste'' (tesis doctoral, Editorial de la

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, 1988) *''La enculturación bubi desde los préstamos del pidgin-English. Procesos de lexicalización progresiva'' (Universidad de Salamanca, 2007)

Instructional books

*''Curso de Lengua Bubi'', ( 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)'' *''Recuerdos del abuelo Bayebé y otros relatos bubis (2014)''

Poetry

*''Löbëla'' (1999) *''Ombligos y raíces. Poesía africana'' (2006) *''Las reposadas imágenes de antaño'' (2008)

Other 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) *''Caminos y veredas: narrativas de Guinea Ecuatorial'' (2011) *''Etc.''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bolekia Boleka, Justo Equatoguinean writers Equatoguinean male writers Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island People of Bubi descent Living people 1954 births University of Salamanca alumni Academic staff of the University of Salamanca People from Bioko Norte