The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the ...

Like Auschwitz and Abu Ghraib, Gorée Island was the scene of unspeakable horror. From the mid-1500s to the mid-1800s, the island was the transit point for West African slaves who were imprisoned ...

A lovely island. One of the magnificent Senegal's islands, Gorée is very meaningful. It has been the main west Africa's French counter, and the first "slaves' main market". It is 4 Km far from ...

When I stepped onto the pebble-paved pathways of Senegal's Gorée Island, I saw bright-pink flowers along vines that wrapped ...

Dakar, Senegal — Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember and ...

Five years ago I stood in a slave castle on Senegal’s Gorée Island at the infamous Door of No Return. Our guide told us that once Africans walked through this doorway, which opened right into ...

Lucky diners will find Gorée Cuisine at 1126 E. 47th Street. Passersby may not take notice of the unassuming storefront, and most UChicago students may have never heard of it, but those fortunate ...

ICOMOS and the WHC note that further work has been undertaken in view of the demolition of the Gorée Memorial Replica and do not consider that any expert mission is needed before destruciton is ...