Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo
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Template:Family name hatnote Donato Francisco Ndongo-Bidyogo Makina (born 12 December 1950), known as Donato Ndongo,[1] is an Equatoguinean journalist and writer who was one of the most prominent members of Hispanic African movement within the Spanish-speaking world.[2][3]
Early life
Ndongo was born in Niefang in 1950 (then in the Spanish Guinea, now in Equatorial Guinea).[1]
Writings
Some of Ndongo's best-known books include Historia y tragedia de Guinea Ecuatorial (1977) and El Comercio Español con Africa (1980), in addition to numerous novels, historical, cultural and political articles written in Spain and for the foreign press. In 1984 he coordinated an anthology of Equatorial Guinean literature and was a finalist for the Sésamo Prize for his work entitled Las Tinieblas de tu Memoria Negra.
Professional activities
Subsequently, Ndongo has served as the adjunct director for "Nuestra Señora de África de Madrid" (Our Lady of Africa in Madrid) and the "Centro Cultural Hispano-Guineano de Malabo" (The Center for Hispanic-Guinean Culture in Malabo).
Ndongo has been a visiting professor at several American universities, including the University of Missouri-Columbia from 2005-2008.
Selected bibliography
Novels
- Las tinieblas de tu memoria negra (Editorial Fundamentos, 1987). Shadows of Your Black Memory, translated and with a postscript by Michael Ugarte (Swan Isle Press, 2007) Template:ISBN
- Los poderes de la tempestad (Morandi, 1997)
- El metro ( El Cobre Ediciones, 2007)
- ¿Qué mató al joven Abdoulaye Cissé? (Ediciones Sequitur, 2023)
- La sombra estéril y otros relatos (Ediciones Sequitur, 2025)
References
External links
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Centro Sur
- Equatoguinean journalists
- Equatoguinean male writers
- Male journalists
- Equatoguinean novelists
- Equatoguinean Spanish-language writers
- Male novelists
- 20th-century novelists
- Equatoguinean emigrants to Spain
- 20th-century male writers