Joseph N’Diaye recounted slavery from Gorée
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kassataya
Joseph N’Diaye, curator of Gorée’s House of Slaves who died in 2009, devoted his life to passing on the history of the slave trade. During a 2006 television programme, he also denounced the inequalities suffered by African veterans, according to SenePlus.
Joseph N’Diaye, curator of Gorée’s House of Slaves in Senegal, recounted three centuries of the slave trade in 2006 during a programme hosted by Thierry Ardisson, according to SenePlus. He summed up the island’s history with the words: “Gorée was the gateway to hell.”
Joseph N’Diaye, who died in 2009, also denounced the inequalities suffered by African veterans, according to SenePlus. His testimony thus linked the memory of the Atlantic slave trade to social demands related to the fate of African soldiers who had fought for France.
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