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{{short description|Political organization in Equatorial Guinea}}
{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island
| native_name = Movimiento para la Autodeterminación de la Isla de Bioko
| colorcode = #FF0000
| logo = MAIB logo.png
| logo_size = 150px
| leader = [[Honorato Maho Chuaha]]
| headquarters =
| foundation = 1993
| ideology = [[African nationalism]]<br>[[Separatism]]<br>[[Democratic socialism]]
| website = [http://www.maib.es/ www.maib.es]
| country = Equatorial Guinea
| flag = [[File:Bubi nationalist flag.svg|200px]]
}}
[[Image:Equatorialguineamap.png|thumb|right|300px|Map of Equatorial Guinea]]
The '''Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island''' ({{langx|es|Movimiento para la Auto-determinación de la Isla de Bioko}}) is a proscribed political organization in [[Equatorial Guinea]]. It has its roots in the pre-independence [[Unión Bubi]], which sought independence from the mainland half of Spanish Guinea. It is supported by the [[Bubi people|Bubi]] ethnic group, which dominates [[Bioko]] island (home of the national capital).
The [[Unión Bubi]] wanted the Spanish government to separate the Bubi-dominated Bioko and the [[Beti-Pahuin peoples#Fang|Fang]]-dominated [[Río Muni]] (the mainland half of Equatorial Guinea) because, if the nation were united, the Bubi would be at the mercy of the Fang, who greatly outnumbered them nine to one. During the Spanish colonial era, the Bubi received better treatment and more education than the other ethnic groups, and many in the ethnic group feared that the country would be taken over by "illiterates." A vibrant political movement grew around the cause of independence for Bioko.
Under the rule of [[Francisco Macías Nguema]] (1968-1979), almost all Bubi political activists were either killed or exiled, and any aspirations for autonomy were dashed. President [[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]] (1979-), a Fang from the same family as Macías, continued the policy of prohibiting separatist movements.
The MAIB has support from traditional Bubi leaders and some of the general population of Bioko, but the party is forced by law to operate secretly. The MAIB gained international attention when one of its main leaders, [[Weja Chicampo]], was tortured and severely injured in March 2004 by government agents.
Some years before, on January 21, 1998, military governmental forces had strongly fought against an attempt of independence from the mainland. Hundreds of Bubi were tortured and abused in Black Beach. People know a little about what happened in the south and center of Bioko Island where hundreds of Bubi disappeared. Those events are related in a book by a witness to the events, the Italian writer [[Franco Lelli]], ''Okiri: Una Storia Africana'' (I.P.S.I.A. Terni, 2005).
==External links==
*{{cite web
|url          = https://maib.org/
|title        = Movimiento para la Autodeterminacion de la Isla BIOKO
|publisher    = Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island
|access-date  = 2009-04-12
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090412100038/http://www.maib.org/
|archive-date = 2009-04-12
|url-status   = dead}}
*{{cite web
|url          = https://maib.es
|title        = Movimiento para la Autodeterminación de la Isla Bioko
|publisher    = Movement for the Self-Determination of Bioko Island
|access-date  = 2022-06-10
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150430213613/http://www.maib.es/
|archive-date = 2015-04-30
|url-status   = dead}}
*{{cite web
|url          = https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/afr240042004en.pdf
|title        = Equatorial Guinea: Alleged mercenaries and opposition activists at grave risk of torture and death
|publisher    = Amnesty International
|access-date  = 2022-06-10
|url-status   = live
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20220610091629/https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/afr240042004en.pdf
|archive-date = 2022-06-10
}}
*{{cite web
|url          = https://thebubis.com/
|title        = The history and culture of an endangered African tribe
|author       = R.P. Antonio Aymemí
|access-date  = 2009-04-12
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20220421183339/https://thebubis.com/
|archive-date = 2022-04-21
|url-status   = live}}
*{{cite web
|url          = http://www.ipu.org/hr-e/162/geq07.htm
|title        = CASE N° GEQ/07 - MARCELO LOHOSO - EQUATORIAL GUINEA
|publisher    = Inter-Parliamentary Union
|access-date  = 2009-04-10
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224151/http://archive.ipu.org/hr-e/162/geq07.htm
|archive-date = 2018-12-15
|url-status   = live}}
{{Equatorial Guinean political parties}}
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