Hispanic Africa Explained

Hispanic Africa (Spanish; Castilian: Hispanoáfrica)^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]} is a cultural region integrated by the territories and countries of Africa where Spanish has an official presence.^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]} The people from this region are called "Hispanic Africans".^{[15] [16]}

The territory is integrated by two countries, Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara (in dispute with Morocco), the territories of Spain which are geographically in Africa and in addition to the areas of Saharawi presence in Algeria. The countries have 1.9 million inhabitants, the Spanish territories 2.3 million and in total both have 4.3 million.

Spanish coexists with other native languages such as Fang and other languages of Equatorial Guinea, while in the Sahara it coexists with Arabic. The predominant religion in Equatorial Guinea is Christianity, especially Catholicism, while in the Sahara it is Islam.

Countries

Country	Population	Size (km^2)	Capital	Percentage of Spanish speaking population	GDP	HDI
Equatorial Guinea	1.468.777^[17]	28.051	Malabo	87%^[18]	25.988	145
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	513.000^[19]	266.000	El Aaiún		25.988	207

Territories

• Canary Islands, Spain
• Ceuta, Spain
• Melilla, Spain
• Plazas de soberanía, Spain
• Tindouf Province refugee camps, Algeria

See also

• Saharan Spanish
• Spanish Africa (disambiguation)
• Equatoguinean Spanish
• Canarian Spanish
• Françafrique

Notes and References

1. Book: Contactos lingüísticos afrohispanobantúes: Reflexiones varias . August 18, 2014 . 9783659021428 . La lengua española, del mismo modo que en Hispanoamérica, llegó al continente africano y echó raíces, escasas pero sólidas y dignas de interés. Es la existente aunque desconocida Hispanoáfrica.. Nguendjo . Issacar . Editorial Académica Española .
2. Web site: September 1, 2012 . Estampas de nuestros africanos. Una aproximación general a las literaturas hispanoafricanas . June 30, 2022 . Esdrújula . Universitat d’Alacant, Alicante, España . No obstante, la década de 1990 marcará el inicio de la consolidación literaria, a nivel creativo y de investigación, en español en toda “Hispanoáfrica”..
3. Web site: April 18, 2018 . HISPANOÁFRICA OLVIDADA . June 30, 2022 . TraductaNet.
4. Web site: Asociación Española de Africanistas . June 30, 2022 . 30 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220630222540/https://sites.google.com/site/aeaafricanistas/ . dead .
5. Book: Los Territorios Olvidados. Naturalistas españoles en el África hispana (1860-1936) . September 1, 2007 . 978-8497440677. Bueno . Antonio González . Gomis . Alberto . Ediciones Doce Calles .
6. Book: De Guinea Ecuatorial a las literaturas hispanoafricanas . 2010 . Editorial Verbum . . 341 . 9788479626402 . queremos sugerir el término de literatura africana hispana o simplemente el de literatura africana de expresión castellana,.
7. Web site: Campos Serrano, Alicia . Postcolonial Citizenship in Hispanic Africa: The Case for Granting Nationality to Former Colonial Subjects . News Hofstra . 2 July 2022 . 25 April 2022 .
8. Book: Gérard, Albert S. . European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa . 1986 . John Benjamins Publishing . 321 . 9630538334 . Hispanic Africa .
9. Book: La enseñanza del español en África Subsahariana . 2014 . La Catarata . Madrid.
10. Web site: La cultura hispanófona. Punto de encuentro entre América Latina y África . June 30, 2022 . en.
11. News: July 17, 2012 . Paso atrás del español en África . June 30, 2022 . El País. Naranjo . José .
12. Web site: September 26, 2008 . Enseñanza y uso de la lengua española en el Sáhara Occidental (ARI) . June 30, 2022 . Real Instituto Elcano.
13. Web site: February 2, 2019 . LOS HISPANOS DEL SÁHARA . June 30, 2022 . De Verdad Digital.
14. Book: Mongor-Lizarrabengoa, David; Akuye Addy, Sarita Naa . Hispanic and Lusophone Voices of Africa . July 2022 . Vernon Press . 978-1-64889-426-8 .
15. Book: De Guinea Ecuatorial a las literaturas hispanoafricanas . 2010 . Editorial Verbum . . 341. 9788479626402 .
16. Book: Literaturas hispanoafricanas: realidades y contextos . 2015 . Verbum . Madrid . 384.
17. Web site: Equatorial Guinea Population (2021) – Worldometer .
18. Web site: March 19, 2016 . La resistencia del español en Guinea . June 30, 2022 . La Razón.
19. Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division . 2009 . World Population Prospects, Table A.1 . 2008 revision . United Nations . March 12, 2009.