Bimbia et ses sites associés
Bimbia et ses sites associés is part of the Tentative list of Cameroon in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.
Bimbia and associated sites represent the strategic importance of the coast of Cameroon as a point of transit and supply, because of its geographical situation halfway between Senegal and Angola. Among the sites are ports, markets and chiefdoms that represent the commercial traffic, with specific attention to the slave trade. The sites are a testimony of the evolution of the transatlantic slave trade from the 16th until the 19th century and of the trade network between the coastal ports, between the ports and the hinterland, and between the inland trade centres.
Map of Bimbia et ses sites associés
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Site Info
- Full Name
- Bimbia et ses sites associés
- Country
- Cameroon
- Added
- 2020
- Type
- Cultural
- Categories
- Human activity - Transport and Trade
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- By ID
Site History
2021 Preparatory Assistance
Inventory of cultural heritage in and around the sites associated with the site of the Ancient Slave Port of Bimbia
2020 Revision
Successor to Le Port desclaves de Bimbia et ses sites associés (2018)