Door of No Return, Ouidah

The Door of No Return is a memorial arch in Ouidah, Benin. The concrete and bronze arch, which stands on the beach, is a memorial to the enslaved Africans who were taken from the slave port of Ouidah to the Americas.

Several artists and designers collaborated with the architect, Yves Ahouen-Gnimon, to realise the project. The columns and bas-reliefs are by Béninois artist Fortuné Bandeira, the freestanding Egunegun are by Yves Kpede and the bronzes are by Dominque Kouas Gnonnou.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Landry, Timothy R. (2010). "Touring the Slave Route: Inaccurate Authenticities in Benin, West Africa". In Silverman, Helaine. Contested Cultural Heritage: Religion, Nationalism, Erasure, and Exclusion in a Global World. Springer. ISBN 9781441973054.
↑ Désir, Dòwòti (2014). Goud kase goud: Conjuring Memory in Spaces of the AfroAtlantic: Conjuring Memory in the Spaces of the AfroAtlantic. ISBN 9781304722447.

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[1] Landry, Timothy R. (2010). "Touring the Slave Route: Inaccurate Authenticities in Benin, West Africa". In Silverman, Helaine. Contested Cultural Heritage: Religion, Nationalism, Erasure, and Exclusion in a Global World. Springer. ISBN 9781441973054.

[2] Désir, Dòwòti (2014). Goud kase goud: Conjuring Memory in Spaces of the AfroAtlantic: Conjuring Memory in the Spaces of the AfroAtlantic. ISBN 9781304722447.