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 ...

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1978, Gorée Island is most visited for the House of Slaves, once a holding cell for ...

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 ...

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 the challenges of ...

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 ...

Gorée is beatifull and very interesting place to know. I admit that i really need to speack in english due to my work. It's easy to write due to a google translator for exemple, ...

Owner Adama Ba modeled Gorée Cuisine after a similar restaurant owned by his family on Gorée Island in Dakar, Senegal. The Senegalese staff are gracious and accommodating. The restaurant proudly ...

30 COM 7B.43 State of Conservation (Island of Gorée) The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Document WHC-06/03.COM/7B,. 2. Recalling Decision 29 COM 7B.37 adopted at its 29th session (Durban ...