Sao Tomé e Principe
Sao Tomé e Principe
January 2008
The islands of Sao Tomé e Principe have a long and turbulent history. Located at the equator, a few hundred kilometers from the coast of Gabon, the vulcanic islands main economic activity is producing cacao for the chocolate industry. The former Portuguese colony almost came to a complete standstill after the sudden withdrawal of the Portugese in 1975. Today, the islanders are very poor and depending on import from the mainland
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Slideshow
- Hands from a former plantation worker
- Former plantation worker
- Sea fishing family
- Sea fishing family
- Jennifer Lopez
- The Equator
- Old lady telling about working in the now abandoned factory
- Abandoned factory
- Abandoned factory
- Sao Tomé, capital
- Cooking on wood
- Planting new trees at a plantation
- Restaurant in the capital Sao Tomé
- Restaurant in the capital Sao Tomé
