The RFI Ouidah Club, on the trail of the history of slavery
The door of no return in Ouidah, Benin.
© Delphine Michaud / RFI
By: Eric Amiens
2 min
The RFI Ouidah Club organized a visit to the memorial sites of the city of Ouidah such as "the Slave Route" or "the Door of No Return".
A way of recalling the history of the transatlantic slave trade.
1 million people were embarked from the city of Ouidah on slave ships bound for the colonies of the Americas.
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With the participation of Guadeloupe, Emmanuel Gordien, virologist doctor, president of the March 23, 98 Committee, left in the footsteps of his ancestors in Benin, of Prince Serge Guezo, descendant of the king of Abomey, of Ernesto Alao, president of the RFI Ouidah Club.
Report:
Maxime Tchibozo (Club RFI Ouidah)
Music:
"African", OneDay
Director:
Cécile Bonici
→ The film “Ebony Citizens”
follows Doctor Emmanuel Gordien in the footsteps of his ancestors.
→ Memories week: Traversière Theater.
►Also listen:
In the footsteps of slavery in Benin (Le Débat africaine, program
dated 2017
)
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Europe and the lessons of its slavery past (Accents d'Europe, program
dated 2021)
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