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The Senegalese island with a 'doorway of no return'

Gorée Island, a small island off the coast of Dakar, Senegal, is believed to have been a 'key stop for thousands and thousands of slaves on their brutal journey to the Americas' throughout the 16th and 19th centuries. Journalist and athlete Ade Adepitan visits the House of Slaves memorial on the island and its 'doorway of no return' to better understand the conditions enslaved people faced before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

In Africa with Ade Adepitan, Adepitan investigates his own roots and tours contrasting landscapes of Africa to uncover just how the continent is changing in the 21st Century.

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The Senegalese island with a 'doorway of no return'