Door of No Return

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historical site memorial site symbolic monument

The Door of No Return is a symbolic and haunting memorial site on Gorée Island in Senegal, marking the final exit point from Africa for countless enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Door of No Return canonical 4
“Door of No Return” 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical site ⓘ
memorial site ⓘ
symbolic monument ⓘ
associatedWith Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
country Senegal ⓘ
culturalContext African diaspora memory ⓘ
Pan-Africanism ⓘ
era early modern period ⓘ
faces Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasFunction reminder of crimes against humanity ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus site of memory of slavery ⓘ
hasNameInFrench Porte du Non-Retour ⓘ
hasType doorway ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedIn Gorée Island ⓘ
House of Slaves ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
material plaster ⓘ
stone ⓘ
memorializedBy educational exhibits at House of Slaves ⓘ
museums ⓘ
overlooks Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf Gorée Island ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Gorée Island
relatedTo European colonialism ⓘ
history of slavery in Africa ⓘ
triangular trade ⓘ
significance important site for African diaspora remembrance ⓘ
major symbol of the slave trade in West Africa ⓘ
symbolizes African diaspora ⓘ
final departure of enslaved Africans from Africa ⓘ
forced exile ⓘ
loss of freedom ⓘ
suffering of enslaved Africans ⓘ
theme human rights ⓘ
memory and reconciliation ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1978 ⓘ
usedFor commemoration ceremonies ⓘ
educational visits ⓘ
memorial services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
visitedBy dignitaries ⓘ
heads of state ⓘ
members of the African diaspora ⓘ
tourists ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gorée Island → knownFor → Door of No Return ⓘ
Cape Coast Castle → hasPart → Door of No Return ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Door of No Return”
House of Slaves museum → hasPart → Door of No Return ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Slaves
House of Slaves museum → significantPlace → Door of No Return ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Slaves
House of Slaves → hasPart → Door of No Return ⓘ