SPAIN'S COLONIAL REPORT CARD

SPAIN'S COLONIAL REPORT CARD
Spain's Forgotten African Empire

Spain's empire in Africa is one of the least discussed chapters of European colonial history.

Yet Spain participated deeply in:

• slavery,
• conquest,
• missionary expansion,
• forced labor,
• racial hierarchy,
• military occupation,
• and colonial domination across Africa.

From the conquest of the Canary Islands to Equatorial Guinea, Morocco and Western Sahara, Spain's African empire reshaped societies politically, economically, culturally and psychologically.

Why is Spain's colonial history in Africa often overlooked?

How did Catholicism become intertwined with imperial expansion?

What role did slavery and forced labor play in Spanish wealth and colonial power?

And why does the conflict over Western Sahara remain unresolved today?

In Spain's Colonial Report Card, Frederick Amakom delivers a bold and deeply researched examination of Spain's forgotten empire in Africa.

This powerful book explores:

• the conquest of the Canary Islands,
• Atlantic slavery,
• Equatorial Guinea,
• Spanish Morocco,
• the Rif War,
• Western Sahara,
• missionary colonialism,
• racial hierarchy,
• anti-colonial resistance,
• and the unfinished legacies of empire.

The book also investigates how Spanish colonialism continues shaping modern debates surrounding:

• migration,
• racism,
• nationalism,
• historical memory,
• political conflict,
• and global inequality.

Inside this compelling historical analysis, you will discover:

• The true history of Spain's African empire
• The conquest of the Canary Islands explained
• Spain's role in Atlantic slavery
• Equatorial Guinea under Spanish rule
• Cocoa plantations and forced labor systems
• Missionaries and colonial ideology
• Spanish Morocco and military occupation
• The Rif War and anti-colonial resistance
• and the Rif Republic
• Spain's use of chemical warfare in Morocco
• Western Sahara and the unfinished decolonization crisis
• The rise of the
• Race and labor under Spanish colonialism
• Colonialism and authoritarianism under
• African resistance to empire
• Colonial borders and modern conflict
• The long-term legacy of Spanish colonialism in Africa
• A final report card grading Spain's colonial record

Neither anti-European propaganda nor colonial nostalgia, this book offers a serious and uncompromising examination of one of Europe's most overlooked imperial histories.

Perfect for readers interested in:

• African history
• Spanish Empire
• Colonial Africa
• Western Sahara
• Morocco history
• Atlantic slave trade
• Equatorial Guinea
• Anti-colonial resistance
• African nationalism
• Colonialism and religion
• Race and empire
• European imperialism
• African resistance movements
• Postcolonial studies
• Global inequality
• Black history

Spain's Colonial Report Card is Book 8 in the groundbreaking Europe's Colonial Report Card on Africa Series.

The Spanish Empire may be forgotten by many.

Africa still remembers.