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Title
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Slavery Monuments in Africa
Creator
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Written by Renée Ater
Contributor
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Renée Ater
Description
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<div style="padding-right: 30%;">Monuments and memorials to the <a href="https://www.slavevoyages.org/voyage/maps#introductory-" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transatlantic slave trade</a> in West and East Africa are included in this collection. Memorialization efforts from Senegal to present-day Nigeria are tied to <a href="https://en.unesco.org/themes/fostering-rights-inclusion/slave-route#isc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="The Slave Route Project"><em>The Slave Route Project</em></a>, run by UNESCO. Launched in 1994 in Ouidah, Benin, the Slave Route Project has three primary objectives :<br />
<ul>
<li>Contribute to a better understanding of the causes, forms of operation, stakes and consequences of slavery in the world (Africa, Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, Middle East and Asia);</li>
<li>Highlight the global transformations and cultural interactions that have resulted from this history;</li>
<li>Contribute to a culture of peace by promoting reflection on inclusion, cultural pluralism, intercultural dialogue and the construction of new identities and citizenships. (See <a href="(see%20https://en.unesco.org/themes/fostering-rights-inclusion/slave-route#isc)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://en.unesco.org/themes/fostering-rights-inclusion/slave-route#isc</a>)</li>
</ul>
One way that The Slave Route Project fulfills its mission is to engage in "the preservation and promotion of sites and itineraries of memory related to the slave trade and slavery." <br /><br />In conjunction with UNESCO, Senegal, Ghana, and Tanzania have chosen to remember the transatlantic slave trade through sculpture, the built environment, and the landscape. All three countries have sites on UNESCO's <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">World Heritage List</a>: <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Island of Goree</a> off the coast of Senegal, opposite the city of Dakar; the <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/34" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forts and castles</a> along the coast of Ghana; and <a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/173" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stone Town of Zanzibar</a> off the coast of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean.</div>
Still Image
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Original Format
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Sculpture; Memorial Arch
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Title
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<em>La Porte Du Non Retour (The Gate of No Return)</em> (Ouidah, Benin)
Subject
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<p>Subject (Topic)<br />Africa<br />Public art<br />Public sculpture<br />Ouidah--Benin--History<br />Slave trade<br />Slave trade--Africa--History<br />Slave trade--Benin--Ouidah--History<br /><br /></p>
<p>Subject (Object Type) <br />Commemorative sculpture <br />Memorial Arches</p>
Description
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<p>Located on the sandy shores of Ouidah, Benin, the monumental concrete red, white, and yellow-painted gate and the metallic sculptures that flank it, commemorate the horrors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The memorial gate, which marks the point where African captives were forced onto transatlantic slave ships, is connected by a path, known as the “Slave Route,” to the market square, where enslaved people were once sold. The memorial arche is embellished with a frieze, depicting two lines of enslaved people bound at their hands and chained together as they walk towards waiting ships. The columns are adorned with sculptures depicting men and women captives, their extremities bound, as they kneel and await their fate in Portuguese-built forts. The back of the gate is adorned with depictions of their native towns. Yves Ahouangnimon was the architect for the project; Fortuné Bandiera created figures and bas reliefs on the columns; Yves Apollinaire Pèdé created the bas-reliefs on the center arch and two free-standing <em>egungun</em>; and Dominique Kouas created the copper statues.</p>
Creator
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Ahouangnimon, Yves
Bandiera, Fortuné, 1953-
Kouas, Dominique, 1952-
Pèdé, Yves Apollinaire, 1959-
Date
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Dedicated: November 30, 1995
Relation
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<a href="https://en.unesco.org/themes/fostering-rights-inclusion/slave-route#Collection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Slave Route, UNESCO</a><a href="https://medium.com/from-traditional-to-contemporary-aesthetic/the-slaving-port-of-ouidah-and-monumental-discourse-around-the-atlantic-perimeter-a41968341a57" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>
Format
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JPEG
Language
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English
Type
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Visual Arts-Sculpture
Coverage
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Route des Escalves, Ouidah, Benin
Medium
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Concrete; Cement; Copper
Bibliographic Citation
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Araujo, Ana Lucia Araujo. "Political Uses of Memories of Slavery in the Republic of Benin." History in Focus, Issue 12: Slavery, Spring 2007. Accessed May 13, 2019, <a href="https://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Slavery/articles/araujo.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Focus/Slavery/articles/araujo.html</a>
<p>Akhtar, Saima and David H. Colmenares. "The Slaving Port of Ouidah and Monumental Discourse around the Atlantic Perimeter." Art Histories and Aesthetic Practices, January 27, 2016. Accessed May 13, 2019, <a href="https://medium.com/from-traditional-to-contemporary-aesthetic/the-slaving-port-of-ouidah-and-monumental-discourse-around-the-atlantic-perimeter-a41968341a57" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://medium.com/from-traditional-to-contemporary-aesthetic/the-slaving-port-of-ouidah-and-monumental-discourse-around-the-atlantic-perimeter-a41968341a57</a>.</p>
Rights Holder
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Renée Ater
Source
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Photographs: Dan Stone, <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dantoujours/33680680066/in/album-72157678589698644/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.flickr.com/photos/dantoujours/33680680066/in/album-72157678589698644/</a><a href="https://medium.com/from-traditional-to-contemporary-aesthetic/the-slaving-port-of-ouidah-and-monumental-discourse-around-the-atlantic-perimeter-a41968341a57" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a>
Photograph of commemorative plaque: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porte_du_non_retour_11.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Porte_du_non_retour_11.jpg</a>
Contributor
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Gouvernement de la République du Bénin and UNESCO.
Rights
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Gouvernement de la République du Bénin
Extent
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Unknown
Has Part
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<p><em><strong>Inscription on marble plaque on right side of arch:</strong></em><br />Ce Monument Commemoratif<br />A Ete Inauguree Le 30-11-95 <br />Par Son Excellence <br />Le President Nicephore Dieudonne Soglo<br />Et Le Directeur General De L'UNESCO<br />Monsieur Federico Mayor<br />A L'Occasion De La Celebration De L'Annee 1995<br />Comme L' Annee Internationale De La Tolerance</p>
<p><em><strong>Inscription on marble plaque on left side of arch:<br /></strong></em>LA PORTE du NON retour <br />--Ses Figurines et ses bas-relief en colonnes<br />d'esclaves a été conue et réalisée<br />par Fortuné Bandeira<br />--L'agencament ou terrassement<br />par l'Architect Ahouangnimon Yves<br />--Les Statues en cuivre rouge <br />par Gnonnou Dominique Kouass<br />--Les bas-relief du mur de ceinture et<br />les deux Statues répresentant des<br />Egun-Egun (Esprit des esclaves)<br />par Yves Kpede<br />-Sous la présidence du Ministre d'Etat<br />Désiré Vieyra<br />et la coordination de<br />Mr. Noureini Tidjani-Serpos</p>
Africa
Benin
Dominique Kouas
Fortuné Bandiera
Ouidah
slave trade
slavery
Yves Ahouangnimon
Yves Apollinaire Pede