Hispanic Africa

Not to be confused with Hispanic, Spanish (disambiguation), Spanish Africa (disambiguation), Spanish North Africa (disambiguation), Spanish West Africa, Spanish Morocco, Spanish Sahara, Spanish Tripoli, or Spanish Guinea.

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

Hispanic Africa

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

Spanish dialects in Africa

Country	Population	Size (km2)	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

References

1. Nguendjo, Issacar (18 August 2014). Contactos lingüísticos afrohispanobantúes: Reflexiones varias. Editorial Académica Española. ISBN 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.
2. "Estampas de nuestros africanos. Una aproximación general a las literaturas hispanoafricanas" (PDF). Universitat d’Alacant, Alicante, España: Esdrújula. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2022. 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. "HISPANOÁFRICA OLVIDADA". TraductaNet. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
4. "Asociación Española de Africanistas". Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
5. Bueno, Antonio González; Gomis, Alberto (1 September 2007). Los Territorios Olvidados. Naturalistas españoles en el África hispana (1860-1936). Ediciones Doce Calles. ISBN 978-8497440677.
6. De Guinea Ecuatorial a las literaturas hispanoafricanas. Guinea Ecuatorial: Editorial Verbum. 2010. p. 341. ISBN 9788479626402. queremos sugerir el término de literatura africana hispana o simplemente el de literatura africana de expresión castellana,
7. Campos Serrano, Alicia (25 April 2022). "Postcolonial Citizenship in Hispanic Africa: The Case for Granting Nationality to Former Colonial Subjects". News Hofstra. Retrieved 2 July 2022.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
8. Gérard, Albert S. (1986). European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 321. ISBN 9630538334. Hispanic Africa
9. La enseñanza del español en África Subsahariana. Madrid: La Catarata. 2014.
10. "La cultura hispanófona. Punto de encuentro entre América Latina y África". Retrieved 30 June 2022.
11. Naranjo, José (17 July 2012). "Paso atrás del español en África". El País. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
12. "Enseñanza y uso de la lengua española en el Sáhara Occidental (ARI)". Real Instituto Elcano. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
13. "LOS HISPANOS DEL SÁHARA". De Verdad Digital. 2 February 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
14. Mongor-Lizarrabengoa, David; Akuye Addy, Sarita Naa (July 2022). Hispanic and Lusophone Voices of Africa. Vernon Press. ISBN 978-1-64889-426-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
15. De Guinea Ecuatorial a las literaturas hispanoafricanas. Guinea Ecuatorial: Editorial Verbum. 2010. p. 341. ISBN 9788479626402.
16. Literaturas hispanoafricanas: realidades y contextos. Madrid: Verbum. 2015. p. 384.
17. "Equatorial Guinea Population (2021) – Worldometer".
18. "La resistencia del español en Guinea". La Razón. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
19. Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009). "World Population Prospects, Table A.1" (PDF). 2008 revision. United Nations. Retrieved 12 March 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)