Criterion (vi): The Island of Goree is an exceptional testimony to one of the greatest tragedies in the history of human societies: the slave trade. The various elements of this “memory island” – ...

Goree Island is on the great western bulge of Africa - the nearest point on the continent to the Americas. The Senegalese people called it Ber. The Portuguese renamed it Ila de Palma. The name was ...

Since Senegal gained its independence in 1960 after more than three centuries of French rule, Gorée Island, home to the House of Slaves, has become a distinct memorial to the slave trade. "It's ...

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 ...

Goree Island lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. Ruled in succession by the Portuguese, Dutch, English and French, it was the largest slave-trading center on the African coast from the ...

Christraud M. Geary photographs of Senegal, EEPA 1991-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian ... In Goree, her photographs include views of Goree Island ...

Dakar, Senegal, Is the Best Destination You Don't Have on Your List Yet. ... Goree Island. A short ferry ride from Dakar, Gorée Island offers beaches, colorful architecture, ...

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