door of no return

door-of-no-return
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Just off the coast of Dakar, Goree Island boast gorgeous colonial buildings, a stunning coastline and a horrid history. Africans were once herded together and brought to this island where they awaited ships coming from the new world. Through this door, they were handed over to masters and became slaves. It was a very surreal place.. so beautiful and yet so dark.