Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island / Movimento para a Autodeterminação da Ilha de Bioko (Equatorial-Guinea)
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The Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island (Spanish: Movimiento para la Auto-determinación de la Isla de Bioko) 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. It is supported by the Bubi ethnic group, which dominates Bioko island (home of the national capital).
The Unión Bubi wanted the Spanish government to separate the Bubi-dominated Bioko and the Fang-dominated Río Muni (the mainland half of Equatorial Guinea) because, if the nation were united, the Bubi would be at the mercy of the Fang, who greatly outnumbered them. During the Spanish colonial era, the Bubi received better treatment and more education than the other ethnic groups, and many in the ethnic group feared that the country would be taken over by "illiterates." A vibrant political movement grew around the cause of independence for Bioko.
Under the rule of Francisco Macías Nguema (1968-1979), almost all Bubi political activists were either killed or exiled, and any aspirations for autonomy were dashed. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1979-), a Fang from the same family as Macías, continued the policy of prohibiting separatist movements.
The MAIB has support from traditional Bubi leaders and some of the general population of Bioko, but the party is forced by law to operate secretly. The MAIB gained international attention when one of its main leaders, Weja Chicampo, was tortured and severely injured in March 2004 by government agents.Some years before, on January 21, 1998, military governmental forces had strongly fighted against an attempt of independence from the mainland.Hundreds of Bubi were tortured and abused in Black Beach (the worst prison in the world). People know a little about what happened in the south and center of Bioko Isle where hundreds of Bubi disappeared.Those events are related in a book by the Italian writer Franco Lelli,"OKIRI", Una Storia Africana, I.P.S.I.A. Terni, 2005 (Italy),as a witness.
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O Movimento para a Autodeterminação da Ilha de Bioko (MAIB) é uma organização política ecuato-guineense clandestina que tem como finalidade o reconhecimiento da autonomia do povo bubi em seu território tradicional da ilha de Bioko.
As autoridades da Guiné Equatorial proíbem qualquer atividade deste movimento. Sua origem está na União Bubi, que nos tempos da colonização espanhola pretendia uma administração para a ilha de Bioko diferente da do Rio Muni, onde predominavam os fang.
Após a independência da Guiné Equatorial, debaixo da ditadura de Francisco Macías Nguema (1968-1979), quase todos os políticos e ativistas bubis foram assassinados ou exilados e qualquer aspiração de autonomia foi eliminada. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1979-), um fang da mesma família que Macías, a quem derrubou do poder, mas sem estabelecer um regime democrático, continuou a repressão de movimentos considerados separatistas.
O MAIB tem o apoio dos líderes tradicionais bubis e parte da população bubi de Bioko e do exílio, localizada sobretudo na Espanha.
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Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island / Movimento para a Autodeterminação da Ilha de Bioko (Equatorial-Guinea)
Please respect this page
This page refers to two flags in the country.
I do not belong to any movement in support or against.
Only serves to make known these flags.
English
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Self-Determination...
The Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island (Spanish: Movimiento para la Auto-determinación de la Isla de Bioko) 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. It is supported by the Bubi ethnic group, which dominates Bioko island (home of the national capital).
The Unión Bubi wanted the Spanish government to separate the Bubi-dominated Bioko and the Fang-dominated Río Muni (the mainland half of Equatorial Guinea) because, if the nation were united, the Bubi would be at the mercy of the Fang, who greatly outnumbered them. During the Spanish colonial era, the Bubi received better treatment and more education than the other ethnic groups, and many in the ethnic group feared that the country would be taken over by "illiterates." A vibrant political movement grew around the cause of independence for Bioko.
Under the rule of Francisco Macías Nguema (1968-1979), almost all Bubi political activists were either killed or exiled, and any aspirations for autonomy were dashed. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1979-), a Fang from the same family as Macías, continued the policy of prohibiting separatist movements.
The MAIB has support from traditional Bubi leaders and some of the general population of Bioko, but the party is forced by law to operate secretly. The MAIB gained international attention when one of its main leaders, Weja Chicampo, was tortured and severely injured in March 2004 by government agents.Some years before, on January 21, 1998, military governmental forces had strongly fighted against an attempt of independence from the mainland.Hundreds of Bubi were tortured and abused in Black Beach (the worst prison in the world). People know a little about what happened in the south and center of Bioko Isle where hundreds of Bubi disappeared.Those events are related in a book by the Italian writer Franco Lelli,"OKIRI", Una Storia Africana, I.P.S.I.A. Terni, 2005 (Italy),as a witness.
Português
pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movimento_para_a_Autodetermina%C3%A...
O Movimento para a Autodeterminação da Ilha de Bioko (MAIB) é uma organização política ecuato-guineense clandestina que tem como finalidade o reconhecimiento da autonomia do povo bubi em seu território tradicional da ilha de Bioko.
As autoridades da Guiné Equatorial proíbem qualquer atividade deste movimento. Sua origem está na União Bubi, que nos tempos da colonização espanhola pretendia uma administração para a ilha de Bioko diferente da do Rio Muni, onde predominavam os fang.
Após a independência da Guiné Equatorial, debaixo da ditadura de Francisco Macías Nguema (1968-1979), quase todos os políticos e ativistas bubis foram assassinados ou exilados e qualquer aspiração de autonomia foi eliminada. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1979-), um fang da mesma família que Macías, a quem derrubou do poder, mas sem estabelecer um regime democrático, continuou a repressão de movimentos considerados separatistas.
O MAIB tem o apoio dos líderes tradicionais bubis e parte da população bubi de Bioko e do exílio, localizada sobretudo na Espanha.
Website: