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New Writing from Equatorial Guinea

June 2014

In this collection, originally published in June 2014, we present new work from Equatorial Guinea.

New Writing from Equatorial Guinea: An Introduction

By Jethro Soutar

This is not an environment where the arts will flourish.

Translated from Spanish

from “Obi’s Nightmare”

By Jamón y Queso

All right! I love this movie!

Translated from Portuguese by Shook

By Night the Mountain Burns

By Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel

We were on our own out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Translated from Spanish by Jethro Soutar

Government Property

By Trifonia Melibea Obono

“A girl of my standing, in a clapped-out old banger like this!”

Translated from Spanish by Jethro Soutar & Ruth Clarke