![]() ![]() In this book, she recounted her experiences in North and South Korea and how they shaped her perspectives on the issues of the two countries. In 2013, Macías gained media attention following the publication of her memoir, I'm Monique from Pyongyang, which was written in Korean. Macías stayed in Pyongyang until 1994, when she traveled to Spain, a former colonizer of her native country and the birthplace of her maternal grandfather to learn more about herself and investigate the death of her father. The North Korean leader regularly checked in on her by phone and helped her complete her university education at Pyongyang University of Light Industry. ![]() Despite this, Kim Il Sung continued to fulfill his promise to take care of her, and sent her to the Mangyondae Revolutionary Military Boarding School in Pyongyang. Soon afterward, her mother left North Korea, abandoning her children. Following her father's trial and execution by firing squad, Macías, her mother, and her two siblings were left stranded in North Korea. However, just months after her arrival, her father, the then-president of Equatorial Guinea, Francisco Macías Nguema, was ousted in a bloody coup d'état by her cousin, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. ![]() ![]() Mónica Macías was sent at the age of seven to North Korea to study and reside under the care of the then-leader of the country, Kim Il Sung. She is the daughter of the country's first president, Francisco Macías Nguema. Mónica Macías (born 1972) is an Equatoguinean author. ![]()
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