Editing Equatorial Guinea (section)

== Culture ==
{{Main|Culture of Equatorial Guinea}}
[[File:Centro Cultural de España en Malabo.jpg|thumb|Centro Cultural de España (Cultural Centre of Spain) in Malabo]]

In June 1984, the First Hispanic-African Cultural Congress was convened to explore the cultural identity of Equatorial Guinea.<ref name="web.archive.org" />

=== Tourism ===
[[File:Sipopo (16517963802).jpg|thumb|left|Hotel in [[Sipopo]]]]

{{as of|2020}}, Equatorial Guinea has no [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] or tentative sites for the World Heritage List.<ref>[https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/?action=listtentative&pattern=Equatorial+Guinea&state=&theme=&criteria_restrication=&date_start=&date_end=&order= Tentative Lists] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215152047/https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/?action=listtentative&pattern=Equatorial+Guinea&state=&theme=&criteria_restrication=&date_start=&date_end=&order= |date=15 February 2020 }}. unesco.org</ref> The country also has no documented heritage listed in the [[Memory of the World Programme]] of UNESCO nor any intangible cultural heritage listed in the UNESCO [[Intangible Cultural Heritage]] List.<ref>[http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/state/equatorial-guinea-GQ Equatorial Guinea – intangible heritage – Culture Sector] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919211125/http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/en/state/equatorial-guinea-GQ |date=19 September 2016 }}. UNESCO. Retrieved on 19 January 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/grid Memory of the World | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]. Unesco.org. Retrieved on 22 April 2025.</ref>

Tourist attractions are the colonial quarter in Malabo, the southern part of Bioko where hikers can visit the Iladyi cascades and remote beaches with nesting turtles, Bata with its shoreline Paseo Maritimo and the tower of liberty, Mongomo with its [[Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Mongomo|basilica]] (the second largest Catholic church in Africa) and the new planned and built capital [[Ciudad de la Paz]].

=== Media and communications ===
{{Main|Media in Equatorial Guinea|Telecommunications in Equatorial Guinea}}
[[File:UNED-GQ IMG 6269 (6510136445).jpg|thumb|right|Edition of the television magazine ''Malabeando'' at the Cultural Centre of Spain in Malabo]]

The principal means of communication within Equatorial Guinea are three state-operated [[FM radio]] stations: the [[BBC World Service]], [[Radio France Internationale]] and Gabon-based Africa No 1 broadcast on FM in Malabo. There is also an independent radio option called Radio Macuto; it is a web-based radio and news source known for publishing news that calls out Obiang's regime. There are also five [[shortwave]] radio stations. [[TVGE|Televisión de Guinea Ecuatorial]], the television network, is state-operated.<ref name=CIA /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13317174#media|title=Country Profile: Equatorial Guinea: Media|publisher=BBC News|date=11 April 2023|access-date=22 April 2025}}</ref> The international TV programme RTVGE is available via satellites in Africa, Europe, and the Americas and worldwide via the Internet.<ref name="Lyngsat_TVGE">{{cite web|url=http://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/gq/TVGE-Internacional.html|title=TVGE Internacional|publisher=LyngSat|access-date=28 March 2012|archive-date=30 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330114511/http://www.lyngsat.com/tvchannels/gq/TVGE-Internacional.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There are two newspapers and two magazines.

Equatorial Guinea ranked 161st out of 179 countries in the 2012 [[Reporters Without Borders]] press freedom index. The watchdog says the national broadcaster obeys the orders of the information ministry. Most of the media companies practice [[self-censorship]], and are banned by law from criticising public figures. The state-owned media and the main private radio station are under the directorship of the president's son, [[Teodor Obiang]].

Landline telephone penetration is low, with only two lines available per 100 people.<ref name=CIA /> There is one [[GSM]] mobile telephone operator, with coverage of [[Malabo]], [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]], and several mainland cities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_gq.shtml|title=GSMWorld Providers: Equatorial Guinea|publisher=GSM World|year=2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414201455/http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/cou_gq.shtml|archive-date=14 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?cc=gq&net=ge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108045953/http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?cc=gq&net=ge |archive-date=8 January 2009|title=GSMWorld GETESA Coverage Map|publisher=GSM World|year=2008}}</ref> {{As of|2009}}, approximately 40% of the population subscribed to mobile telephone services.<ref name=CIA /> The only telephone provider in Equatorial Guinea is [[Orange S.A.|Orange]]. According to the World Bank, there were more than a million Internet users by 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Equatorial Guinea |url=https://data.worldbank.org/country/equatorial-guinea |access-date=11 October 2024 |website=World Bank Open Data}}</ref>

=== Music ===
{{Further|Music of Equatorial Guinea}}
Pan-African styles like [[soukous]] and [[makossa]] are popular, as are [[reggaeton]], [[Latin trap]], [[reggae]] and [[rock and roll]].

=== Cinema ===
In 2014, the South African-Dutch-Equatorial Guinean drama film ''[[Where the Road Runs Out]]'' was shot in the country. There is also the documentary ''The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elescritordeunpais.com/|title=The Writer from a Country Without Bookstores|publisher=elescritordeunpais.com|access-date=23 April 2021|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413155116/http://elescritordeunpais.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is openly critical of Obiang's regime.

=== Sports ===
{{Category see also|Sport in Equatorial Guinea}}
[[File:Estadio de Bata (15896733814).jpg|thumb|[[Estadio de Bata]] in [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]]]]
Equatorial Guinea was chosen to co-host the [[2012 African Cup of Nations]] in partnership with [[Gabon]], and hosted the [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations|2015 edition]]. The country was also chosen to host the [[2008 Women's African Football Championship]], which they won. The [[Equatorial Guinea women's national football team|women's national team]] qualified for the [[2011 FIFA Women's World Cup|2011 World Cup]] in Germany. In June 2016, Equatorial Guinea was chosen to host the [[2019 African Games|12th African Games]] in 2019.

Equatorial Guinea is famous for the swimmers [[Eric Moussambani]], nicknamed "Eric the Eel",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.times-olympics.co.uk/archive/swimmings19o.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20050420123724/http://www.times-olympics.co.uk/archive/swimmings19o.html|archive-date=20 April 2005|title=London 2012 Olympics: how Eric 'the Eel' Moussambani inspired a generation in swimming pool at Sydney Games|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|last=O'Mahony|first=Jennifer|date=27 July 2012|access-date=18 December 2012}}</ref> and [[Paula Barila Bolopa]], "Paula the Crawler", who attended the [[2000 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/swimming/937133.stm|title='Paula the Crawler' sets record|work=BBC News|date=22 September 2000|access-date=18 December 2012|archive-date=27 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627204302/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics2000/swimming/937133.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Basketball]] has been increasing in popularity.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Scafidi|first1=Oscar|title=Equatorial Guinea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1engCgAAQBAJ|access-date=10 September 2021|date=1 November 2015|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides Ltd|isbn=978-1-78477-136-2|page=126}}</ref>