The West African island of Gorée was one of the nodes that connected African trading routes to North Atlantic trade. The varied population included English, French, Portuguese, Manding, Moor, Sereer, ...

There are some journeys that begin long before the plane leaves the ground. My recent travels across Africa from the shores ...

An aerial drone photo taken on March 23, 2025 shows the House of Slave on Goree Island in Senegal. Goree Island lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. Ruled in succession by the Portuguese, ...

GOREE ISLAND, Senegal – President Obama stared pensively out the “door of no return,” described in Senegal as the last exit for those boarding ships bound for the Americas, in a house where children, ...

During its 27th session, the World Heritage Committee requested ICOMOS and the World Heritage Centre to organize a joint evaluation mission to the Island of Gorée, in consultation with the national ...

Officials in Senegal’s Goree Island, a trading post during the transatlantic slave trade, were so moved by the death of George Floyd that they changed the name of its ‘Europe Square’ to ‘Freedom and ...

Note: Deputy Metro Editor Barbara Zumwalt spent two weeks visiting the Western African nation of Senegal. Here is the first of two parts of her experience. I terrified a warthog. Not your typical ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Christraud M. Geary (1946-) was formally a curator of the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at the National Museum of African Art. She received ...

Tiebu djeun, a sort of West African paella revered as the national dish of Senegal Credit: Danielle A. Scruggs There are a lot of secrets in the kitchen at Gorée Cuisine, a new Senegalese restaurant ...

During its 30th session (Vilnius, 2006), the World Heritage Committee had noted with concern the potential negative impact of coastal and marine erosion on the Island of Gorée. In the report submitted ...

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Postcard of four images: top left is of a small market; top ...