Dalla Malé Fofana
Biographic Data
| ID | 9237481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dalla Malé Fofana |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dalla Malé |
| FAMILY NAME | Fofana |
| SIGNATURE | FOFANA D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bishop's University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1258-4571 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Senegal, the African Slave Trade, and the Door of No Return: Giving Witness to Gorée Island
Recently, the Senegalese people have learned to speak more openly of their history. But, as late as the 1980s—the years of my youth and early schooling—the wounds of colonialism were still fresh. I contend that slavery had been so powerful a blow to the Senegalese ethos that we—my family, friends, and schoolmates—did not speak about it. The collective trauma and shame of slavery was apparently so powerful that we sought to repress it, keeping it …
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Senegal, the African Slave Trade, and the Door of No Return: Giving Witness to Gorée Island
Recently, the Senegalese people have learned to speak more openly of their history. But, as late as the 1980s—the years of my youth and early schooling—the wounds of colonialism were still fresh. I contend that slavery had been so powerful a blow to the Senegalese ethos that we—my family, friends, and schoolmates—did not speak about it. The collective trauma and shame of slavery was apparently so powerful that we sought to repress it, keeping it …
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