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Retour à Gorée
Retour à Gorée (English: Return to Gorée) is a 2007 musical documentary road movie directed by Pierre-Yves Borgeaud, featuring singer Youssou N'Dour's journey along the trail left by slaves and by the jazz music they invented. Youssou N'Dour's challenge is to bring back to Africa a jazz repertoire and to sing those tunes in Goree, the island that today symbolizes the slave trade and stands to commemorate its victims. Guided in his mission by the pianist Moncef Genoud, Youssou N'Dour travels across the United
I saw Gorée, since then my tears have been eternal."
- Marcus Miller – "Gorée (Go-ray)"
In 2007 the Swiss director made a documentary called "Retour à Gorée" ("Return to Gorée").
External links.
- UNESCO
- Photos of Goree on Flickr
- Archaeological Research on Gorée, Rice University
- Gorée and the Slave Trade, Philip Curtin, African Threads, History Net
- George W. Bush's visit