The Door of No Return on Gorée Island

Ajouté : 2026-05-18

[00:00:00]On Gorée Island off the coast of Senegal, the House of Slaves stands as a haunting memorial to the Atlantic slave trade. Built in the late 1700s, it held enslaved Africans in cramped cells before they were forced onto ships bound for the Americas. At its edge is the Door of No Return, a narrow passage opening to the sea, marking their final step from home. Historians debate how many people actually passed through Gorée, but its significance goes beyond numbers. It remains a powerful symbol of the millions uprooted, families torn apart, and lives forever changed by centuries of forced deportation.