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Sao Tome And Principe
A cannon in a gun emplacement points outwards towards the sea at the São Sebastião Museum. An old fort, it contains religious art and colonial-era artifacts, Sao Tome.Sao Tome and Principe, are two islands of volcanic origin lying off the coast of Africa. Settled by Portuguese convicts in the late 1400s and later a centre for slaving, their independence movement culminated in a peaceful transition to self government from Portugal in 1975..(photo by Stuart Freedman/In Pictures via Getty Images)