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Goree

Goree

Approaching the island on the ferry


Goree laundry

Goree laundry

Local laundry hanging in a public square


Side street

Side street

One of the narrow, shady streets on Goree


Church

Church

A nun on the front steps of Goree's Catholic Church. Senegal is about 6 percent Catholic.


Flowers

Flowers


Harbor

Harbor

Goree's harbor, where pirogues launch and hucksters lie in wait for tourists


My friend the cat

My friend the cat

One of my lunch companions


Memorial

Memorial

The slave memorial near Maison des Esclaves


Dungeon

Dungeon

One of the holding cells at Maison des Esclaves


The door

The door

The passageway leading from the slave holding cells to the ocean


Ferry

Ferry

Most of these people are wishing I would get out of the way; I am standing a bit too close to the television screen.