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Gorée IslandThe tiny island of Goree off the coast of Dakar in Senegal is a symbol of the country's difficult past. The tiny, winding alleyways are lined with dominant colonial buildings, a sad reminder of the islands part in the Atlantic Slave trade. Most of the buildings were used as warehouses or slave houses. Some have been turned into museums. The most famous is "La Maison des Esclaves" which used to hold up to two hundred captives. Their cells can be visited, as can be the apartment of the slave dealers upstairs. From the "Door of no Return" countless Senegalese caught a last glimpse of their homeland before boarding the slave ships. The Slave Museum or 'House of Slaves' dramatizes the horrors of the ancient slave trade. 
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