Equatorial Guinea
Caminemos pisando las sendas de nuestra inmensa felicidad
Let Us Tread the Paths of Our Great Happiness
1968
1968
Atanasio Ndongo Miyone
Atanasio Ndongo Miyone
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Context
Adopted at independence from Spain in 1968, Equatorial Guinea's anthem was written and composed by Atanasio Ndongo Miyone. The anthem explicitly references the country's colonial past under Spain and celebrates liberation and fraternal unity.
Lyrics
Caminemos pisando las sendas
de nuestra inmensa felicidad.
En fraternidad, sin separación,
¡cantemos Libertad!
Tras dos siglos de estar sometidos,
bajo la dominación colonial,
en fraterna unión, sin discriminar,
¡cantemos Libertad!
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Interesting facts
- • Equatorial Guinea is the only country in Africa with Spanish as an official language
- • Atanasio Ndongo Miyone, who wrote both the lyrics and music, was a prominent independence activist
- • The anthem's title is one of the longest of any national anthem in the world