Dakar, Senegal — Gorée Island, off the coast of Dakar, is a somber reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it embodies both the duty to remember and the ...

Residents on Goree Island, a tiny, rocky island loaded with colonial charm and – some believe, the tragic ghosts of African slaves once held captive there – are used to visits from world leaders. When ...

Dakar, Senegal —In Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, a long diverse crowd is lined up to board a ferry heading to Gorée Island. Passengers seemed eager to reach the island despite the scorching heat ...

Randolph Payton (left) and Kimatni D. Rawlins take in local expressions of art in Senegal, West Africa. (Photos courtesy of Kimatni D. Rawlins) By Kimatni D. Rawlins and Randolph Payton Nanga def ...

A lovely island. One of the magnificent Senegal's islands, Gorée is very meaningful. It has been the main west Africa's French counter, and the first "slaves' main market". It is 4 Km far from Dakar ...

Pumping the lifeblood through Senegal’s commercial and administrative activities, Dakar manages to combine the trappings of early 20th-century western capitalism with a cultural and spiritual ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Nicole Evatt, The Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal — From dizzying Dakar to vibrant Saint-Louis, Senegal pulsates with rich culture, history and charm. If ...

The beauty of Dakar, a city that sprawls across the Cap-Vert peninsula in a jumble of villages and former French colonial towns, comes not from its architecture, but from its people and the atmosphere ...