Bioko Island: History, People, and Ecology of the African Tree Island
Bioko Island: History, People, and Ecology of the African Tree Island Bioko Island: History and Ecology of the African Tree Island Bioko Island: The Gulf of Guinea's Lush African Tree Island Bioko is a mountainous, volcanic island covered in lush green forests situated in the Gulf of Guinea as part of Equatorial Guinea. Bioko Island, formerly known as Fernando Pó About the Gulf of Guinea's Bioko African Tree Island Before European exploration, the island was inhabited by the Bubi people. The island was known as Fernando Pó, named after the Portuguese explorer Fernão do Pó, who was the first European to discover the island in 1472. In 1778, the Portuguese ceded control of Bioko to Spain as part of a treaty, and it became a Spanish colony. The Spanish used the island as a base for the transatlantic slave trade. The Bubi, once the dominant group on Bioko Island, saw their numbers decline du...
