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Bubi
Bubi ethnic flag
Bubi children
Total population
~100,000 worldwide[citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
Equatorial Guinea 64,000[citation needed]
Languages
Bube, Spanish, French, Portuguese
Religion
Predominantly: Christianity Minority: African traditional religion
Related ethnic groups
other Bantu peoples, Igbo people
The Bubi people (also known as Bobe, Voove, Ewota and Bantu Bubi) are a Bantu ethnic group of Central Africa who are indigenous to Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea. Once the majority group in the region, the population experienced a sharp decline due to war and disease during Portuguese expeditions. By the end of Spanish colonial rule in the mid 20th century, and after substantial intermarriage with newly introduced populations, such as Afro-Cubans, Krio people, Portuguese people and Spaniards, the Bubi people, again, experienced a great decline in number. Seventy-five percent perished due to tribal/clan rooted political genocide during a civil war that led to Spanish Guinea's independence from Spain.[citation needed] This, too, sparked mass exodus from their homeland with most of the exiles and refugees immigrating into Spain. The indigenous Bubi of Bioko Island have since co-existed with non-indigenous Krio Fernandinos; and members of the Fang ethnic group, who have immigrated in large numbers from Río Muni. Once numbering approximately 3 million,[citation needed] the Bubi currently number around 100,000 worldwide.
The Bubi people, both living in Equatorial Guinea and exiled abroad, have long held little political power and economic stake in their native land. However, appointed government officials, such as the former Prime Minister Miguel Abia Biteo Boricó and several other members of the current Equatorial Guinea government, are of ethnic Bubi descent.
Most Bubi people that remain on Bioko Island, as well as those native to Gabon, speak the Bube language. Many of the islanders also speak Spanish, French and Portuguese as a secondary language.[citation needed]
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777, over 85% of whom are members of the Fang people, the country's dominant ethnic group. The Bubipeople, indigenous to Bioko, are the second largest...
where his Equatoguinean Bubi parents were exiled due to the persecution suffered by his father (who had participated in the 1998 Bubi revolt). In 2006, following...
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science fiction-horror movie The Platform (2019). Born in Equatorial Guinea of Bubi descent, Buale moved to Spain, with his parents and brothers, when he was...
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activities, takes him to visit Ose's village and introduces him to the Bubipeople. Anton encourages Kilian to explore the land and get to know the locals...
of 335,048 inhabitants (2015 Census). Its historic indigenous people are the Bubipeople, who currently constitute 58% of the population. Other ethnicities...
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Poo, Spanish Guinea. Bosaho is the niece of Enrique Gori Molubela [es], a bubi member of the Francoist Cortes, representing the then Spanish colony of Fernando...
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northeast coast. There are significant populations of Bubipeople in the province, who speak the Bubi language. The poet Behori Sipi Botau (born 1960), who...
island of Fernando Po (then part of Spanish Guinea), was the son of former Bubi king Moka and served as king between 1904 until his death in 1937, during...
and placed him on trial for his actions, including the genocide of the Bubipeople, over the previous decade. Macías was sentenced to death and executed...
Bubis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ignatz Bubis (1927–1999), German Jewish leader Isaak Bubis (1910—2000), Moldavian Soviet...
the six sons and builds a palace for the youngest. In a tale from the Bubipeople from Equatorial Guinea, published in Spanish language with the title...
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the country. He was characterized by the defense of the interests of the Bubi sociocultural group. He was born on 22 November 1922 in Rebola on Fernando...
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Equatorial Guinea 64,000[citation needed]