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Gorée Island heritage institutions

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Gorée Island heritage institutions

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Gorée Island in Senegal commemorates the slave trade and its abolition

📅 23 August 1999

Gorée Island held an early observance of the remembrance day. The site’s memorial meaning has been debated by historians; its public commemoration nonetheless illustrates how African communities and...