The EUROM collaborates in the event Colonial Francoism: Francoist repression in Equatorial Guinea and perspectives on reparations, an initiative organised by Irídia – Centre per la Defensa dels Drets Humans. The activity aims to open a space for critical reflection on Spain’s colonial legacy in Equatorial Guinea and its continuities in the present.
The event proposes a conversation between historian Celeste Muñoz Martínez and sociologist and writer Kopesese – Edmundo Sepa Bonaba on the forms of colonial violence exercised during the Francoist period in Spanish Guinea. Drawing on both lived experience and historical research, the dialogue will address issues such as labour, cultural and national repression of the Equatorial Guinean population, the specificities of Francoist colonialism, and current debates on memory, reparations and decolonial justice.
The reflexion also highlights the need to incorporate the colonial dimension into debates on democratic memory and historical reparations in Spain, recognising the impact of colonial policies on the personal and collective trajectories of affected populations. Furthermore, this activity affirms memory as a fundamental tool to challenge the continuities of colonialism and contribute to the eradication of structural racism from an anti-racist and historical justice perspective.
The session will be moderated by Victoria Muñoz Moya, member of the board of Irídia.
About the participants
Celeste Muñoz Martínez is Assistant Professor in the Department of Contemporary History at the UNED – Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Her research focuses on Spanish colonialism, political violence, and memory policies. She holds a PhD from the University of Barcelona, with a dissertation entitled La ley contra la costumbre. Segregación, asimilación jurídica y castigo en la Guinea española bajo el franquismo (1936–1959), which examines mechanisms of repression and colonial assimilation under Francoism.
Kopesese – Edmundo Sepa Bonaba is a sociologist, writer, and Equatorial Guinean activist born in Bioko in 1951. Based in Barcelona since the late 1970s, his work has focused on colonial memory, migration, and the history of the Bubi people. He is the author of several works on Spanish colonisation in Equatorial Guinea and on the experiences of the African diaspora in Catalonia.
Victoria Muñoz Moya is an anti-racist activist and member of the board of Irídia – Centre per la Defensa dels Drets Humans, an organisation dedicated to the defence of human rights and the fight against institutional violence. She is a jurist specialising in international protection and a political scientist, with experience in restorative justice, memory studies, and anti-racism.
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- Reference of the Project: 101236354
- Type of activity: Mutual Learning
- Title: Networking
- Date: June 17, 2026
- 1 Day
- Physical event
- La Model, Barcelona