Justo Bolekia Boleká


Justo Bolekia Boleká is an Equatorial Guinean scholar and writer of Bubi descent.

Life and career

He attended college at Complutense University of Madrid obtaining a Doctorate degree in Modern Philology in 1986. Om June 8, 2007, he received a Ph.D. from the University of Salamanca, and was awarded their PhD Extraordinary Award.
He was Acting Professor of French Studies at the University of Salamanca from 1987 until 1990, he then became Assistant Professor of French Studies at the same university. He has also served as Director of the Escuela Universitaria de Educación de Ávila. He has published numerous books of essays and poetry.
His work has been studied by American professors interested in Afro-Hispanic literary production, and has been included in anthologies of poetry. He also authored such works as Panorama de la Literatura en español en Guinea Ecuatorial published in El español en el mundo. Anuario del Instituto Cervantes, 2005.
Politically, he has been responsible for the political group Demócratas por el Cambio para Guinea Ecuatorial, and is Permanent Delegate of the MAIB Abroad, as opposed to the regime of Teodoro Obiang.

Miscellaneous works

Articles