São Tomé and Príncipe
Capital: São Tomé · Central Africa
Equatorial creole islands whose Forro, Angolar and Principense cultures preserve Afro-Portuguese theatre, music and language born of plantation history.
Ethnic communities
- ForrosDescendants of freed islanders; tchiloli theatre
- AngolaresMaroon-descended fishing communities
More communities of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Principense (Lung'Ie) — The smaller island's creole community
- Tonga — Plantation-contract descendants of the roças
- Cabo Verdean-descended — Drought-era migrant families
- Mestiço townsfolk — São Tomé city's mixed heritage
- Roça communities — Estate villages of cocoa's old empire
- Fisher lineages — South-coast canoe and net families
- Danço-Congo brotherhoods — Dramatic dance societies of the saints
- Auto de Floripes players — Príncipe's epic street-theatre keepers
- Portuguese-descended families — Planter-era lineages
- New diaspora returnees — Lisbon-linked families rebuilding
Languages
Major languages: Portuguese, Forro, Angolar, Principense
Language families: Portuguese-based Creoles
Historical kingdoms & states
- • Angolar maroon 'kingdom' of Amador
Heritage sites
- • Plantation roças heritage
- • Obo National Park
Cultural highlights
Tchiloli dramatic traditionDanço-CongoÚssua music