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Municipality of Gorée Island
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Municipality of Gorée Island
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Municipality of Gorée Island

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Place ActiveDakar, Dakar, Senegal
Gorée Island (Île de Gorée) is one of the districts of the city of Dakar, the capitol of Senegal. Between the 15th and 19th centuries, Gorée was the largest center of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade on the African coast. It has since become a UNESCO World Heritage site and remains a historic site that speaks to the memory of slavery.