Door Of No Return - Senegal
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
N 14° 40.058 W 017° 23.839
28P E 241810 N 1622933
Door of no return in Gorée Island.
Waymark Code: WM18JDP
Location: Senegal
Date Posted: 08/10/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII
Views: 6

FR:"La Maison des Esclaves est un musée et un monument de la traite atlantique sur la petite île de Gorée, à 3 km au large de la ville de Dakar, au Sénégal. Son musée, ouvert en 1962 et dirigé jusqu'à sa mort en 2009 par Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye, est censé commémorer le dernier point de départ des esclaves d'Afrique. Les historiens ne s'accordent pas sur le nombre d'esclaves africains qui sont passés par ce bâtiment, ni sur l'importance relative de l'île de Gorée en tant que point de départ de la traite atlantique, mais les visiteurs d'Afrique, d'Europe et des Amériques, ainsi que les dirigeants du monde entier, considèrent qu'il s'agit d'un lieu important pour se souvenir du coût humain de l'esclavage en Afrique."

EN: The House of Slaves (French: Maison des Esclaves) is a museum and monument to the Atlantic slave trade on the small island of Gorée, 3 km off the coast of the city of Dakar, Senegal. Its museum, opened in 1962 and managed until his death in 2009 by Boubacar Joseph Ndiaye, is said to commemorate the final departure point of slaves from Africa. Historians differ on how many, or if all, African slaves actually passed through this building, as well as the relative importance of Gorée Island as a point of the Atlantic slave trade, but visitors from Africa, Europe and the Americas, along with world leaders, hold it up as an important place to remember the human cost of African slavery.[

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Beautiful island that you must visit even if the history is hard.
It is beautiful and you have to access by ferry from Dakar.
The door, small after those stairs, led to the sea to another continent and you would never return, or to the shithole by drowning.
Location City and Country: Isla de Gorea

Name of Location or Landmark: Casa de los esclavos

Location or Landmark website: [Web Link]

Puzzle or 3d model Manufacturer: Door of no Return Jigsaw Puzzle

Puzzle or 3d model Manufacturer's Website: [Web Link]

Puzzle Type: Cardboard 2 dimensional

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