Friday, February 26, 2021

Island of Goree, Senegal - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Island of Goree, Senegal

Weather: Sunny, 65/77F.

Significance: Island of Goree is just off the coast near Dakar. There are many bright colored beautiful old buildings on the island, but unfortunately they have a dark history. These houses were owned by slave traders - alongside them on the island are the quarters where enslaved people were kept before be sent to the new world.  

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Beach and main buildings on the island (from whc.unesco.org)

One of the first buildings enslaved people were brought on the island (from whc.unesco.org)




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