Discussion of Goreé Island and the Slave Trade

Link to the song "Goreé"

Fun Web Page Worksheet

Mudcloth - Bogolanfini

Trade Beads

Kente Cloth

Gris Gris

Benin Bronzes

Poemes du Village de Toubab Dyalaw - a poem in French written by Gérard Chenet, the architect of Sobobade

Click here to see a slideshow of signs in French that we saw in Senegal. Some are street signs, some blackboards from the school, some signs from Goree Island. Can you translate them?