Gemma Freixas (Barcelona, 1962) earned a degree in Philosophy and has combined audiovisual production work with journalism for the Sunday supplements of La Vanguardia, El Periódico and Avui, as well as travel magazines including Geo, Rutas del Mundo and Todo Turismo. She is author of the books Tanaka, un recorrido por la actual Myanmar (2003) and Djoliba, la curva del Níger en Mali (2009). Her grandfather, born in Catalonia, moved to Equatorial Guinea in 1930, where he ran the Santa Isabel Casino.
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