From forced labour to living heritage: Sao Tome's colonial plantations
The plan aims to repair crumbling plantation buildings and give them new uses after UNESCO added six estates to its World Heritage List last month.
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From Forced Labour To Living Heritage: Sao Tome's Colonial Plantations
It is one of six \"rocas\" (pronounced ro-ssas), or plantation estates, that were built on slavery and forced labour and added to UNESCO's World Heritage List last month
Sundy is one of the six "roças" listed on the UNESCO World Heritage site at the end of July, for their architecture and their fundamental importance in the history of the country. But the majority of the "roças" of Sao Tome and Principe are abandoned. They pose a major challenge of preservation for this small island state of Central Africa located in the Gulf of Guinea, and are the subject of a niche interest of private investors who see in thes…
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