Gorée Island: Senegal's Memorial to the Slave Trade
World Heritage Rookies
11.08.2026 • 43 Min.
Travel with us to a tiny island off Dakar, Senegal, that became one of the first World Heritage Sites in 1978 — a memorial to the transatlantic slave trade, the story of its House of Slaves, and the hard question of what we owe a place where symbol and historical record don't fully agree.