Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites' has mentioned 'Africa' in the following places:
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As few Courlanders had experience of Africa, he was forced to rely on foreigners. | WIKI |
The chartered Royal Adventurers in Africa Company administered the territory, which used it first for the gold and ivory trade, and later in the slave trade. | WIKI |
On 13 June 1750, the Company of Merchants Trading to Africa assumed the administration of the Gambia. | WIKI |
Visited by explorers and merchants in their search for a sea route to India it became one of the first cultural exchange zones between Africa and Europe. | UNESCO |
The River Gambia was particularly important forming the first trade route to the inland of Africa. | UNESCO |
The river formed the first trade route to the inland of Africa, being also related to the slave trade. | UNESCO |
The six parts of the serial nomination together present a testimony to the main periods and facets of the Afro-European encounter along the River Gambia, a continuum that stretched from pre-colonial and pre-slavery times to the period of independence and in particular to the beginning and the abolition of the slave trade, as well as documenting the functions of the early access route to the inland of Africa. | UNESCO |
This plan was prepared as a result of the joint effort of ten different national and local organisations, supported by the Africa 2009 programme. | UNESCO |