MINISTER AMA TUTU MUNA OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON RECOGNIZING BIMBIA AT THE UNITED NATIONS. WE THANK HER. IT IS OUR TIME! Also delivering statements was the Minister for Arts and Culture of Cameroon, who emphasized that her country’s slave port of Bimbia had played a major role in the transatlantic slave trade, although earlier research focused more on sites in Ghana, Senegal and Benin. Bimbia had become a collecting point for slaves and other cargoes during the second half of eighteenth century, she said, adding that Cameroon envisaged registration of the site on the UNESCO World Heritage List. MINISTER AMA TUTU MUNA OF THE REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON RECOGNIZING BIMBIA AT THE UNITED NATIONS. WE THANK HER. IT IS OUR TIME! Also delivering statements was the Minister for Arts and Culture of Cameroon, who emphasized that her country’s slave port of Bimbia had played a major role in the transatlantic slave trade, although earlier research focused more on sites in Ghana, Senegal and Benin. Bimbia had become a collecting point for slaves and other cargoes during the second half of eighteenth century, she said, adding that Cameroon envisaged registration of the site on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Elle a rappelé un fait historique souvent ignoré: le port de Bimbia sur la côte camerounaise a, comme Mina au Ghana ou Gorée au Sénégal, joué un rôle majeur dans l’histoire et l’industrie du commerce transatlantique des esclaves, et ce, dès 1776. La ministre a déclaré que ce site fait désormais partie du patrimoine culturel du Cameroun qui envisage d’y mener des études scientifiques approfondies afin de le faire inscrire sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’humanité établie par l’Unesco. un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/ga11491.doc.htm un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/ga11491.doc.htm
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