{"id":4016,"date":"2022-01-24T16:17:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/?p=4016"},"modified":"2022-01-24T16:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T15:20:19","slug":"bata-will-be-the-place-for-my-retirement-its-energy-grabbed-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/en\/bata-will-be-the-place-for-my-retirement-its-energy-grabbed-me\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBata will be the place for my retirement; its energy grabbed me.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4016\" class=\"elementor elementor-4016 elementor-4015\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b010d76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b010d76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5353bf3\" data-id=\"5353bf3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d991d5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d991d5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-xl\">\u201cBata will be the place for my retirement; its energy grabbed me.\u201d<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2072b85 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Cultural manager, editor and courageous bookseller<\/strong> (and the good granddaughter of the academic Trinidad Morgades), <strong>Deborah Ekoka<\/strong> says she fell in love with the city of Bata because of its aromas, its energy and its beaches remind her of her hometown, Valencia.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a8f564 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a8f564\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c311ee8\" data-id=\"c311ee8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bf1c5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4bf1c5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Deborah-qh5cbalijx90tfdvbtmt1gbft6bhjggylmpdg09y68.jpg\" title=\"Deborah\" alt=\"Deborah\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1883cf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1883cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-502a7f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"502a7f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have to say that I undertook my first trip to Equatorial Guinea with a lot of uncertainty and a certain amount of fear, a fear generated by the stories that my cousins shared many years ago at family meals about blackouts that lasted hours or days, or how my cousin had malaria but still escaped the hospital through the window to return home, or the very strict punishments that would shake my spirit or just violent events.<\/p>\n<p>My father had nine brothers and sisters, and although all my cousins \u200b\u200bhad already visited Equatorial Guinea, I was the only one whose father had never been to our homeland. When I decided to go, it was because I was finally able to pay for a ticket and block out two weeks of my schedule for the stay, back in 2012.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3626c03 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3626c03\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c270c02\" data-id=\"c270c02\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83183ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83183ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Guinea-NO-paseo-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3962\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Guinea-NO-paseo-1.webp 600w, https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Guinea-NO-paseo-1-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-764799f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"764799f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68f12a7\" data-id=\"68f12a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9ab5bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9ab5bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I remember how when I got off the plane in Malabo I felt a powerful humidity on my body, and I thought \u201cair in Africa is so heavy\u201d. Years later, on my second trip, I learned that that is something characteristic of places like Malabo, and not of the continent.<\/p>\n<p>On this first trip I discovered the town of Moka, located south of Bioko Island at a much higher altitude and famous for its low temperatures, the Arena Blanca beach, and other places, but one of the things that struck me the most was seeing the leafy forest of that intense green and the Heineken signs on the road, almost the same shade of green, disrupting the harmony of the vegetation. And I honestly loved it. My whole family was happy to finally have me there.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ab4f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24ab4f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/heineken.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4028\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/heineken.webp 600w, https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/heineken-300x197.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b5ffc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b5ffc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I still remember how my grandmother made me sit on her lap, and one of my favorite memories is eating her fantastic fried chicken wings on the porch of her colonial house, looking out over the patio with the enormous trees and views of Malabo. I was so delighted that I extended my stay for another week. But over time I realized that, although it had been a somewhat superficial trip, something had changed inside of me. I began to give more importance to my roots, and after a year and a half we launched United Minds, a store project along with a bookstore specializing in African authors and the Diaspora, which is still active. Stepping on mother Africa for the first time, even in a superficial manner, made a dent in me.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b10fa12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b10fa12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/united.minds_.libros_106720217_703146913586054_7410335137327721365_n.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4033\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/united.minds_.libros_106720217_703146913586054_7410335137327721365_n.webp 320w, https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/united.minds_.libros_106720217_703146913586054_7410335137327721365_n-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/united.minds_.libros_106720217_703146913586054_7410335137327721365_n-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42acebf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42acebf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-459ccdd\" data-id=\"459ccdd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf01449 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bf01449\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dfbf95 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-blockquote--button-view-icon-text elementor-blockquote--button-skin-classic elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"2dfbf95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\tI remember how when I got off the plane in Malabo I felt a powerful humidity on my body, and I thought \u201cair in Africa is so heavy\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Deborah Ekoka<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=I+remember+how+when+I+got+off+the+plane+in+Malabo+I+felt+a+powerful+humidity+on+my+body%2C+and+I+thought+%E2%80%9Cair+in+Africa+is+so+heavy%E2%80%9D+%E2%80%94+Deborah+Ekoka&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Funitedminds.es%2F&amp;via=espaciounited\" class=\"elementor-blockquote__tweet-button\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-blockquote__tweet-label\">Tweet<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62997dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"62997dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b82f3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b82f3d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ebcbf22\" data-id=\"ebcbf22\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e6dc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"63e6dc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09f6830 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09f6830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They say that Equatorial Guinea either spits on you or embraces you; I felt a first hug, not the warmest despite the high temperatures, but I was left wanting more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3547678 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3547678\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-462bdef\" data-id=\"462bdef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-555bb24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"555bb24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My second trip was in 2019, notebook in hand and a list of all the things I wanted to do and see in those 19 days. Seeing my grandmother (aunt) Trinidad Morgades Besari\u2014an eminent writer and academic of whom my family spoke little to me\u2014buying Equatorial Guinean handicrafts, which is more difficult in Malabo since in the shops there is only Cameroonian, Nigerian and from other African regions, although later in Bata I found a small shop in the Spanish Cultural Center where I was able to buy some souvenirs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45a63a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e45a63a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5644.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4024\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5644.webp 600w, https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5644-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229ca91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"229ca91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I presented the book of which I am the editor and a co-author, &#8220;Metamba Miago: Stories and knowledge of Afro-Spanish women&#8221; (Metamba Miago means &#8220;my roots&#8221; in the Ndowe language, the language of my family&#8217;s ethnic group), in the cultural centers of Malabo and Bata, and in the only bookstore in the country at that time, La casa tomada.<\/p>\n<p>I also had the opportunity to meet great women for me such as Anatasia Nve &#8220;Mama Anastasia&#8221;, defender of women&#8217;s human rights, Trifonia Melibea Obono, writer, Sese Sit\u00e9, promoter of the Barbarrio project, Paloma Nze, a TV journalist who took me as a guest to here program on public television, &#8220;A Fondo&#8221;, to talk about the book.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9990dea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9990dea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0d6ac3\" data-id=\"a0d6ac3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d076dbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d076dbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d3073 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79d3073\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5995.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4022\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5995.webp 600w, https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5995-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c14667 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c14667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I also visited Bata, a city I fell in love with and that amusingly reminded me a lot of Valencia, my hometown. Even people there seemed to loosen that hostility that the people of Malabo may show. On the mainland coast I visited Ekuku, my grandmother&#8217;s hometown, and I also went inland, my brother (cousin) took me and recommended wonderful places.<\/p>\n<p>The gastronomy of the coast at popular prices is one of those things that I always remember: the pepe soup from a bar called Fina, the bilol\u00e1, and other dishes were engraved on my palate, which still yearns for those flavors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80aeb45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80aeb45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_6185.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4026\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_6185.webp 600w, https:\/\/rumbomalabo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_6185-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b45160 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b45160\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e50b861\" data-id=\"e50b861\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f804772 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f804772\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc4820d\" data-id=\"fc4820d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-935948c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"935948c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bab7eb3\" data-id=\"bab7eb3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab68070 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ab68070\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1787fa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1787fa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I know that in the future, when I can spend there a great part of my time, Bata will be the place I\u2019d choose mainly because its energy haunted me. If I had to request a tailor-made trip, I would love to learn more about the different ethnic groups in the country, their rituals, their gastronomy, their spirituality and traditions, and to learn about traditional art and its signification.<\/p>\n<p>I imagine that one day there will be a museum like the one already proposed in the National Park, but more accessible to Guinean citizens and containing even more art from all these ethnic groups that make up Equatorial Guinea, on that would even organize visits to the artists and artisans\u2019 workshops. I would also like to learn about people who have had an impact on Equatorial Guinean culture and history. I still have to see places like R\u00edo Campo, my grandfather&#8217;s hometown near Bata, Ureka, and other parts of the country. 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If you&#8217;re passionate about nature, photography, or simply looking for a different kind of trip, get ready to look up and fall in love with a sky full of life and color. 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Influenced by its Portuguese and African heritage, the island\u2019s unique Creole identity is reflected in its language, music, and customs. 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