When I stepped onto the pebble-paved pathways of Senegal's Gorée Island ... I walked out of the space, through the island, and onto the return ferry to Dakar. As we reentered the city, I looked ...

In 1793, in response to this demand, successful merchants built the Goree Warehouses, named after Senegal's Goree Islands off the coast of Africa. When fire destroyed the buildings in 1802 ...

"We refuse to see Senegal as a blank page where everything ... In his tranquil home just off Dakar's coast on Goree island, Ricou stores engravings, postcards, glass plates and old photographs ...