Goree Island is just 3 km off the Senegalese coast' Image: Goree Island is just 3 km off the Senegalese coast Photographs: K N Devaki Although I was on an official trip to Senegal, I did manage to ...

We took a day trip to Goree Island, visited by President Barack Obama in 2014 because of its famous “Door of No Return” (or “Doorway to Nowhere,” depending on which translation is used).

and most know and recognize the island for its historical significance. Mbodji had been generous enough to schedule a family ...

President Obama stepped alone into the frame of the Door of No Return on Senegal's Goree Island on Thursday afternoon ... the hardships slaves faced. The trip was a reminder that "we have to ...

Yellen, in Senegal as part of a 10-day trip aimed at rebuilding economic relationships between the U.S. and Africa, stood in the Gorée Island building known as the House of Slaves and peered out ...

One of these posts was the tiny island of Goree, off the coast of the West African ... Even a week or even a day would be too much. It is just horrifying." This doorway leading out of the House ...

“We’re on a living island. People have aspirations and we must take them into account,” he stresses. The museum itself still uses traditional live-guided tours for visitors ... visitors – up to 1,500 ...

U.S. President Barack Obama met with Senegalese President Macky Sall and toured Goree Island during a visit to the African state. AllAfrica publishes around 600 reports a day from more than 100 ...

On the first leg of the Obamas’ trip to Africa, the First Family paid a visit to Goree Island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. Mrs. Obama penned an emotional essay about her experience on the ...