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Donato Francisco Ndongo-Bidyogo Makina (born 12 December 1950), known as Donato Ndongo, [1] is an Equatoguinean journalist and writer who was one of most prominent members of Hispanic African movement within the Spanish-speaking world. [2] [3]
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Donato Francisco Ndongo-Bidyogo Makina (born 12 December 1950), known as Donato Ndongo, [1] is an Equatoguinean journalist and writer who was one of most prominent members of Hispanic African movement within the Spanish-speaking world. [2] [3]
Ndongo was born in Niefang in 1950 (then in the Spanish Guinea, now in Equatorial Guinea). [1]
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.
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.[ when? ]
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