Gorée, un sanctuaire de terre rouge, ocre et safran ...
L’histoire a laisse derrière cette île aux portes du ‘non retour’, un dédale de ruelles qui invite l’âme romanesque à l’évasion.
Les allées des sombres quartiers des esclaves, dernier refuge de onze millions d’africains, transpirent d’émotion aussi accablante que le flamboiement des élégantes maisons des marchands d'esclaves.
Porte de non retour, symbole de l’esclavage puis sanctuaire pour la réconciliation, cette île est d’un charme indéniable, aux couleurs chatoyantes de ses murs crépis, terre, ocre ou safran, perlés de fleurs violettes, jaunes ou roses des bougainvilliers.
History has left behind this island of the gate of 'no return', a maze of alleys inviting romantics to reverie.
The alleys of the dark slave quarters, last refuge of eleven million Africans, sweat of heavy emotion, as oppressive as the flaming of the elegant houses of slave traders.
A door of no return, symbol of slavery then sanctuary for reconciliation, this island is of undeniable charm, with the shimmering colors of mud, ocher or saffron of its roughened walls, beaded with violet, yellow or pink flowers of its bougainvillea’s.
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| Photo credit: Julen on Flickr |
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| Photo credit: Tony Carr on Flickr |
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| Photo credit: ho visto nina volare on Flickr |
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| Credit photo: Michelle Schmitt on Flickr |
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| Photo credit: Robin on Flickr |
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| Photo credit: Michelle Schmitt on Flickr |
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| Photo credits: John and Melanie on Flickr |
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| Photo credit: Robin on Flickr |
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| Photo credit: Robin on Flickr |
