Chapter 1. African women’s histories in European narratives – Introduction1.1. Premise1.2. Hypothesis1.3. Academic aims and state of the art1.4. MethodologyChapter 2. Fernandino women in colonial Santa Isabel and independent Malabo2.1. The African context and Europe: English and Spanish presence in Fernando Poo and Santa Isabel2.2. The Krio Fernandino community and Amelia Barleycorn de Vivour2.3. Everyday life in Santa Isabel2.4. Tensions and conflicts: surviving under colonial repression2.5. The connection between Malabo and Barcelona since 1968: Equatorial Guinean exile2.6. ConclusionsChapter 3. The Fernandino in Barcelona during colonisation and post-independence3.1. Barcelona and Santa Isabel3.2. Amelia Barleycorn heading to Europe3.3. Life in Barcelona3.4. The Krio Fernandino: trade, health and social life3.5. Barcelona, missionary actions and student intake aimed at Equatorial Guineans3.6. Krio Fernandino intersectionality: class, gender and race3.7. Spain’s collective amnesia post-1968 and the onset of racism during the 1990s3.8. ConclusionsChapter 4. Decolonising the African past from a gender perspective4.1. Amelia Barleycorn de Vivour v. Spanish Government (1911): marriage, nationality, gender and religion4.2. Fernandino women: between bourgeois elitism and colonial power4.3. The domestic service used by the Krio Fernandino community or how to (de)racialise class from intersectionality4.4. The status and social presentation of the body as a formula of distinction Fernandino4.5. Fernandino women mixing cultures and continents (Africa, America and Europe)4.6. The impact of Spanish colonialism and Fernandino decline4.7. ConclusionChapter 5. A past forged in the present : the collective memory of Krio Fernandino women – Closing notesNotesPrimary and secondary sourcesPrimary sourcesSecondary sourcesIndexThe Krio Fernandino women, pioneers of Europe’s African diaspora in the 19th CenturyLittle is known about the African women who came to Europe from the 1870s onwards, nor do we dare to imagine them as wealthy, elegantly dressed individuals with refined tastes and fluent in several languages. The Krio Fernandino represented a multisited, multilocal, transnational, transcontinental and Afropolitan community that lived between Africa and Europe from the late 19th century onwards. This book explains how the Krio Fernandino, and particularly their women, transcended the barriers of race and gender in colonial Africa and in Spain. Aixelà-Cabré highlights a fascinating journey across cultures and continents, unearthing a compelling narrative of African women’s empowerment in their home continent and in Catalonia. This research highlights a women’s history that resonates on regional, national and transcontinental levels; a genuine Euro-African and Afro-European legacy to be preserved for future generations.Little is known about the African women who came to Europe from the 1870s onwards, nor do we dare to imagine them as wealthy, elegantly dressed individuals with refined tastes and fluent in several languages. The Krio Fernandino represented a multisited, multilocal, transnational, transcontinental and Afropolitan community that lived between Africa and Europe from the late 19th century onwards. This book explains how the Krio Fernandino, and particularly their women, transcended the barriers of race and gender in colonial Africa and in Spain. Aixelà-Cabré highlights a fascinating journey across cultures and continents, unearthing a compelling narrative of African women’s empowerment in their home continent and in Catalonia. This research highlights a women’s history that resonates on regional, national and transcontinental levels; a genuine Euro-African and Afro-European legacy to be preserved for future generations.