House of Slaves
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The House of Slaves and its Door of No Return is a museum and memorial to the victims of the Atlantic slave trade on Gorée Island, 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar, Senegal. Its museum, which w
The House of Slaves, with the Door of No Return at the end of the corridor below, out of which slaves were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas.
What is now the House of Slaves, depicted in this French 1839 print as the House of signare Anna Colas at Gorée, painted by d'Hastrel de Rivedoux.
A wall in the Museum: a mural depicting slaves being herded in the African bush by Europeans, a photo of Joseph Ndiaye with Pope John Paul II, a certificate from a US travel agency, and an aphorism – one of many that cover the walls – by Ndiaye. This one reads Moving and sad memory / Night of times / How will it be erased from the memory of Men?.
Door of No Return
Door of Return
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The Door of Return is an emblem of African Renaissance and a pan-African initiative that seeks to launch a new era of cooperation between Africa and its diaspora in the 21st century. The name is a ref
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One of the now called “Doors of Return” (previously known as “Door of No Return”) at Cape Coast Castle, Ghana