Chronology

Equatorial Guinea

1923-1930

Dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera

The colonized territories of the Gulf of Guinea are merged as the colony of Spanish Guinea

1936

During the Civil War, Spanish Guinea joins the uprising against the Republic

1939-1975

Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in Spain

1959

The Spanish territories of the Gulf of Guinea acquire the status of provinces

1968

Proclamation of the independence of Equatorial Guinea

Gabinete Fang

1949

Inauguration of the Ethnological and Colonial Museum of Barcelona

1949-1956

Drawings of tattoos by Sabater i Pi

(creation of the originals)

1957

Copies and cataloguing: The draftsman José Barberá Farrás copies Sabater’s drawings for inclusion in “graphic catalog”

1958

Reproductions for the Museum of Santa Isabel

1992

Publication of the book Els tatuatges dels Fang de L’Àfrica Occidental

(Tattoos of the Fang of West Africa)

2023 

Installation and website Gabinete Fang, KJCC, NYU