Atanasio Ndongo Miyone was an

Equatoguinean 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 ...

musician, writer and

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political figure. He wrote the lyrics to Equatorial Guinea's national anthem,

Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad "" (; "Let Us Walk Treading the Paths of Our Immense Happiness"), sometimes written with ("the Path")) is the national anthem of Equatorial Guinea. History The anthem was written by musician and writer Atanasio Ndongo Miyone. The lyrics were i ...

. He was executed in 1969 following a failed coup to depose

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, the first ruler of an independent Equatorial Guinea.

Political career

In the period leading up to Equatorial Guinea's independence from Spain, Ndongo led one of the country's major political parties, the Movimiento Nacional de Liberación de la Guinea Ecuatorial (MONALIGE). He established the party in 1959 while living in

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; as MONALIGE was an African nationalist party that campaigned for Equatoguinean independence, he led the party from abroad due to Spanish suppression of independence movements at the time. After Spain granted Equatorial Guinea independence in 1968, he was defeated by Macías in the country's first elections; though he became the nation's

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, he remained discontent with the outcome. In March of the following year, Ndongo was framed by Macías about a fake a coup against him, as an excuse that lead to Ndongo's execution on March 26, 1969.

Equatorial Guinea's national anthem

Ndongo wrote the lyrics for Equatorial Guinea's national anthem, "

" ("Let Us Tread the Path of our Immense Happiness"), in 1968. The music was composed by Ramiro Sanchez Lopes, who was a Spanish lieutenant and the deputy director of music at the army headquarters located in Madrid; he received 25,000 pesetas for his efforts. Ndongo's anthem was first played on October 12, 1968, Equatorial Guinea's independence day, and was well-received by his countrymen. The lyrics of the anthem were influenced by the end of Equatorial Guinea's colonization, with de-colonization being a main theme.

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Political career

Equatorial Guinea's national anthem

See also

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