Sao Tome and Principe · Africa
Roças of São Tomé and Príncipe
Official UNESCO name: The Roças of Sao Tome and Principe: Colonial Agricultural System and Forced Migration
Plantation estates of a colonial island economy.
CulturalInscribed 2026
The Story
The roças of São Tomé and Príncipe were cocoa and coffee plantations worked by forced labour. Their buildings preserve the memory of colonial agriculture and forced migration.
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