Donne schiave
What happened to enslaved women? After the horrible, shocking experience we spoke about on our previous article, the teenager was like all the other slaves, ready to be abused again or sold. If enslaved women were captured while pregnant or with children, they were abducted from her after the...
La casa- museo degli schiavi
House of slaves, Gorèe island Being slaves means being born with no rights One word before we start. We use here the word slaves or enslaved men and women interchangeably. The house we visited is called ‘The house of slaves’, so we used this term, but we are fully...
Senegal, Dakar
First stop in Senegal: Dakar With its three million inhabitants, Senegal’s capital, Dakar, is a city full of those traits that make it a destination attractive for tourists. One of those traits is the famous Paris- Dakar. Even though if you want to attend it, nowadays you need to...
Isola di Gorèe
Gorèe , an island a stone’s throw away from Dakar I wake up early, have breakfast and bam! I’m ready for a new adventure. This time I’ve decided to visit Gorèe island. Someone told me it was worth it, and now I am here, with some water and snacks...
Avventure giapponesi
Tokyo, Japan 3,2,1 go! We start our journey in Dubai, but we can easily skip this detail to arrive directly here in Terminal 2, Narita Airport. It’s summer, and I can feel it in the air. However, here I can breathe, not as in other Asian destinations I visited....