Goree Island, Dakar, Senegal
As Black History Month comes to an end reflecting on how most African-Americans arrived to the United States is apart of contextualizing the Black experience. The involuntary migration of Africans to the Americas is what hip-hop artist Akon rapped about in the song ‘Senegal.’ “So what you know about the Goree Islands? Where all the slaves were shipped from.” The 69 acres island was, initially used as a cemetery in the mid 15th century by the Portuguese. Tour Guide Gaoussou O
