Gorée is a small island 900 metres (3,000 ft) in length and 350 metres (1,150 ft) in width sheltered by the Cap-Vert Peninsula. Now part of the city of Dakar, it was a minor port and site of …

Gorée Island, small island just south of Cape Verde Peninsula, Senegal, that was the site of one of the earliest European settlements in Western Africa and long served as an outpost for slave …

Goree Island is a small 45-acre island located off the coast of Senegal. Goree Island was developed as a center of the expanding European slave trade of Black African people, the …

Nov 24, 2020 · Built by the Dutch in the 1770s, the Maison des Esclaves, or Slave House, on Gorée Island in Senegal is one of the most important monuments to the centuries-long Atlantic …

Exploring Gorée Island is much more than just a sightseeing visit; it is a deep immersion in history and emotions. Crossing its picturesque streets lined with colorful houses, full of stories of …

Jun 27, 2013 · US President Barack Obama is visiting Goree Island, off the Senegalese Coast. But why is this place so significant?

Jul 19, 2018 · Now designated a UNESCO world heritage site, Gorée is an ironically beautiful and picturesque island on which children splash on boogie boards, and Senegalese and foreigners …

Gorée Island is situated in the harbor of Dakar in modern Sénégal and is one of the oldest sites of European settlement on the African coast. Portuguese explorers built houses on the island as …

Mar 8, 2009 · Gorée Island, located two miles from the Senegalese capital, Dakar, was a critical trading port for Europeans and played a major role as an entrepot for slaves taken from West …

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast.