Gorée Island: Senegal's Memorial to the Slave Trade
Gorée Island: Senegal's Memorial to the Slave Trade

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.