The
Bubi people, also known as
Voove,
Pove,
Bobes,
Boobes,
Boobees,
Boobies,
Boubies,
Adeeyahs,
Adeejahs,
Adijas,
Ediyas,
Eris,
Fernando Poans,
Fernandians, and
Bantu Speaking Bubi are a
Bantu group of
Central Africa who are indigenous to
Bioko Island,
Equatorial Guinea. Once the majority group in the region, the population experienced a sharp decline due to disease and outright killing sprees during Portuguese expeditions. By the end of Spanish colonial rule in the mid 20th century, and after substantial interbreeding with newly introduced populations, such as
Afro-Cubans,
Krio people,
Portuguese people, and
Spaniards, the Bubi people, again, experienced a great decline in number. Seventy-five percent perished due to
tribal/
clan rooted political
genocide during a civil war that led to Spanish Guinea's independence from Spain. This, too, sparked mass exodus from their homeland with most of the
exiles and
refugees immigrating into Spain. The indigenous Bubi of
Bioko Island have since been outnumbered—first by non-indigenous Krio Fernandinos; and then by members of the Fang ethnic group, who have immigrated in large numbers from
Río Muni. Once numbering over 3 million, the Bubi currently number less than 100,000 worldwide.