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<p>The once famous trading center of Gorée, Sénégal today lies in the busy harbor of the modern city of Dakar. From its beginnings as a modest outpost, Gorée became one of the intersections which linked African trading routes to the European Atlantic trade. Then, as now, people of all nationalities poured into the island; Dutch, English, French, and Portuguese came to trade with the Mande, Moor, Tukor, and Wolf tribes. Trading parties brought gold, horses, firewood, mirrors, books, and more. The
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- Author
- Mark Hinchman
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780803280892
- Category
- politics
- Subjects
- Art, West, Political Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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