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There Land The mainland was originally inhabited by Pygmies. The Fang and Bubi went there in the 17th century and to the island of Fernando Po in the 19th century. In the 18th century, the Portuguese got the land to the Spanish that included Equatorial Guinea. From 1827 to 1844, Britain administered Fernando Po, but it was then was took back by Spain. Río Muni, which was the the mainland, was not lived in by the Spanish until 1926. Spanish Guinea, as it what it was called, it gained independence from Spain on Oct. 12, 1968. It is Africa's only Spanish-speaking country.