It is a place where countless Africans forcibly exited the continent, never to return home ... A bright-yellow hallway bestrewn with turquoise doors led to a balcony overlooking the beach ...

The island of Gorée lies off the coast of Senegal, opposite Dakar. From the 15th to the 19th century, it was the largest slave-trading centre on the African coast. Ruled in succession by the ...