The Republic of Equatorial Guinea is a small country bordering on Cameroon and Gabon,
covering 28,051 square kilometers (about 5/6 of the size of Vancouver Island, Canada),
with a population of just over a half million people.

Elisè was originally assigned to work among the Kombe peoples and to learn their language. The map below highlights where the Kombe peoples are located in Equatorial Guinea. To see Elisè's new friends and accomodations in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, and hear her first Kombe language learning session, go to the Living and Working in Equatorial Guinea page.