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Gorée Island in Senegal Is a Powerful Reminder of History
When I stepped onto the pebble-paved pathways of Senegal's Gorée Island, I saw bright-pink flowers along vines that wrapped around the tops of purple doorways. Children laughed and played soccer ...
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Luis Arnías’ ‘Slow Loops’ is on exhibit above Central Square in a hidden art gallery
You wouldn’t know it, but there’s a gallery at the Wagner Foundation, on the second floor of an unassuming office building in ...
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The Senegalese island with a 'doorway of no return'
Gorée Island, a small island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, is believed to have been a 'key stop for thousands and thousands of slaves on their brutal journey to the Americas' throughout the ...
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Goree, the Slave Island
The Senegalese people called it Ber. The Portuguese renamed it Ila de Palma. The name was changed to Good Reed by the Dutch and the French called the island Goree - meaning good harbour. But the name ...
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The House of Slaves: Island of Gorée
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 ...
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10 countries to visit if you want to 'dis-virgin' your Nigerian passport
It offers a mix of history, culture, and beaches. Visit the famous Gorée Island for a lesson on African heritage, explore the Pink Lake (Lac Rose), or enjoy the nightlife in Dakar. Barbados is a ...
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The Goree Warehouses, Liverpool
In 1793, in response to this demand, successful merchants built the Goree Warehouses, named after Senegal's Goree Islands off the coast of Africa. When fire destroyed the buildings in 1802 ...