Equatorial Guinea
Note: This record concerns two very different polities. (A) On the island of Bioko, one of the two major components of the state's territory (formerly called Fernando Poo and, during part of the Masie Nguema regime, called Masie Nguema Biyogo), the indigenous population, the Bubi (whose name for the island was Otcho), had no state structure, but did have a supreme chief, sometimes called rey (king) by the Spanish colonial government. (B) On the part called Cabo San Juan of the mainland component of the state a "kingdom" was established before 1800; the seat of this state migrated to the island of Corisco c.1840, and in 1858 this state split into a state comprising Corisco and another back at Cabo San Juan. Here the terms "Cabo San Juan" and "Corisco," though obviously not the state's own name(s), are used. Note that almost all the dates in the following records, even rather recent ones, are tentative, and conflicting from source to source. BubiRulers (title Botuku m'oricho, also styled Etakio Ote)1700 - 1760 Mölambo 1760 - 1810 Loríité 1810 - 1842? Löpóa 1842 - 1860 Möadyabitá 1860 - c.1874 Sëpaókó 1875 - 23 Feb 1899 Möókáta (= Moka) (b. c.1798 - d. 1899) 23 Feb 1899 - 3 Jul 1904 Esáasi Eweera (= Sás Ebuera) (b. 18.. - d. 1904) (from 1904, Pablo Sás Ebuera) (usurper) Jul 1904 - 19 Apr 1937 Malabo Löpčlo Mëlaka (= Malabo) (b. 1837 - d. 1937) 1937 - 1943 A Löbari (= Alobarí) 1943 - 1952 Ňríityé (= Oriche) (d. 1952) 1952 - 15 Nov 2001 Francisco Malabo Beosá (b. 1896 - d. 2001) Cabo San Juan/Coriscobf.1800 State founded at Cabo San Juan.184. Seat of state moved to Corisco Island. 1858 State split between Cabo San Juan and Corisco. 1910 Corisco state extinguished. Rulers Cabo San JuanRulers1858 - 1874 Bonkoro II 1874 - .... Eloy Bonkoro III CoriscoRulers1858 - 1872 Munga 1872 - 1886 Konvenyamango 1886 - 1907 Fernando Otimbo Inyenye (some sources distinguish 1886-1888 Inyenye and 1888-1907 Fernando Otimbo) 1907 - 1910 Santiago Uganda (b. 1845 - d. 1960) © Ben Cahoon |