Homo infantilis: asimilación y segregación en la política colonial española en Guinea Ecuatorial

Abstract

The otherness' ethnocentric construction such as homo infantilis was used by Europeans to justify colonial policies. Spanish colonial policies in Equatorial Guinea provide us a significant context to analyze this specific colonial image's socio-cultural meanings. This article seeks to understand some of this image's political meanings and functions during the Franco colonial period in Equatorial Guinea. This analysis throws some light upon some colonial policies, such as assimilation, implemented by some European countries in Africa as well as some modern social phenomenon such as racism.