Equatorial Guinea
Capital: Malabo · Central Africa
Fang heartland on the mainland and Bubi island culture on Bioko, joined by the only Spanish-speaking state in Africa.
Ethnic communities
- FangMainland majority; byeri ancestor sculpture and mvet epic
- BubiIndigenous people of Bioko island with sacred kingship
- Ndowe & AnnoboneseCoastal and island creole communities
More communities of Equatorial Guinea
- Fang (Ntumu & Okak) — Mainland majority of byeri and mvet epic
- Ndowe (Kombe, Benga) — Beach peoples of the mainland coast
- Annobonese — Portuguese-creole islanders of the far south
- Bisio — Mainland forest farmers of the northwest
- Fernandino Creoles — Freetown-and-Cuba-linked trading families
- Balengue — Small coastal fishing community
- Baseke — Estuary-region forest folk
- Corisco islanders — Benga island of old Atlantic trade
- Río Muni interior lineages — Upriver Fang clan territories
- Malabo urban families — The capital's creole-Bubi-Fang blend
- Plantation-heritage folk — Cocoa-era labor descendants
Languages
Major languages: Spanish, Fang, Bubi, French, Portuguese
Language families: Niger-Congo (Bantu)
Historical kingdoms & states
- • Bubi Kingdom of Bioko
Heritage sites
- • Moka highlands (Bubi heritage)
- • Monte Alén
Cultural highlights
Mvet epic poetryFang byeri reliquary artBalélé dance