Ile de Gorée, a photo from Dakar, Ouest

Photographer's Note

Île de Gorée ("Gorée Island") is one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement (i.e. districts) of the city of Dakar, Senegal. It is an 18.2-hectare (45-acre) island located 2 kilometres (1.1 nmi; 1.2 mi) at sea from the main harbour of Dakar (14°40′N 17°24′W), famous as a destination for people interested in the Atlantic slave trade although its actual role in the history of the slave trade is the subject of dispute.

Its population as of the 2013 census was 1,680 inhabitants, giving a density of 5,802 inhabitants per square kilometre (15,030/sq mi), which is only half the average density of the city of Dakar. Gorée is both the smallest and the least populated of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of Dakar.

Other important centres for the slave trade from Senegal were further north, at Saint-Louis, Senegal, or to the south in the Gambia, at the mouths of major rivers for trade. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The name is a corruption of its original Dutch name Goedereede, meaning "good roadstead".

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GyurMaster (16686) 2019-11-01 10:57

Hello Bertrand,

You chose your POV very wisely, the tree branches and the fence provides a very nice framing for the picture.

Best Wishes,
Gy.

jimmyjimmy (4252) 2019-11-01 20:25

Hello Bertrand

Now here is way to buy art. Like the open air market. Very inviting and pleasant. Nice POV on this one.

JImmy

jemaflor (125811) 2019-11-02 0:30

Salut Bertrand,
Intéressante perspective au sujet de cette célèbre île pour son passé négrier .. Bon effet de profondeur d'image avec cette silhouette solitaire, bonne gestion de la lumière te de ses contrastes, cela m'évoque des souvenirs perso de visite en ces lieux de mémoire.

BennyV (30476) 2019-11-02 8:22

Bonjour Bertrand

Walk up passed the tourist stalls, yet the man in the middle makes the shot very interesting and powerful to me. A place I'd love to visit some day.

I did not know the name came from Dutch.
Thanks for adding that bit of info.

Benny