Naveh Africa

Ouidah and the Route of Slaves, the lake city of Ganvié, the Royal Palaces of Abomey: Benin, a cradle of history and memory.

Buzzing Abidjan, UNESCO-listed Grand-Bassam, lagoons and coastline: the warm gateway to francophone West Africa.

Dakar, UNESCO-listed Gorée Island, Saint-Louis and the Pink Lake: the Senegal of Teranga, the Atlantic gateway to the corridor.

Off the coast of Dakar, Gorée Island and its House of Slaves: a place of memory that the diaspora, in the wake of the Year of Return, is rediscovering.

On Benin's coast, the Route of Slaves leads to the Door of No Return: an essential place of memory for understanding the diaspora's history.

Visa, passport, vaccination: what you need to enter Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Benin — and where to check the up-to-date rules.