Annobon Was Free a Century Before Haiti. Can It Find Independence Again?

Annobon Was Free a Century Before Haiti. Can It Find Independence Again?

In the summer of 2024, José Segura Briones boarded a plane in Malabo, the capital of the West African nation of Equatorial Guinea, where he had lived and worked for decades. He was headed to the Spanish capital, Madrid, to join a few dozen Equatorial Guineans in marking the second anniversary of the self-proclaimed Independent Republic of Annobon — the tiny, remote island in the Atlantic on which they were born and which they have not visited fo…