Round 500: Tossup 8

In 1977, the only electric generating plant in this country’s capital exploded after its first leader stated it could work using magic rather than lubricating oil. That dictator of this country also banned the word intellectual and tried to destroy every boat so people couldn’t flee. In this country, “Those Were The Days” by Mary Hopkins was blasted through speakers as dissidents were executed in (*) a soccer stadium on Christmas Eve by soldiers wearing Santa costumes . This country’s Bubi minority were systematically killed and replaced by the majority Fang ethnicity by the dictator Macías Nguema before he was overthrown in a 1979 coup by this country’s current president, Teodoro Obiang. For 10 points, what is the only African country whose official language is Spanish? ■END■

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