Ile de Goree

On the ferry to Goree
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Too heavy to write about now, but here are some pix...the last time I was at Ile de Goree (when Zyck lost her camera down a pit toilet!) I was too jet lagged to really appreciate the trip.  For those who don't know, the island of Goree was the last stop for Africans who were taken into slavery--they were kept in terrible quarters, shackled, and then shipped to the Americas to work on plantations.  A bleak time in our history, for certain!  Of course, now the island is more than just a memorial to those who passed through and passed on...it's actually a thriving artists community with lots of painters, musicians, and other craftsmen and women!  We heard a wonderful Kora player, while eating yet more yassa, and also got to sample the local bissop juice. 

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