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Jonathan Scott Holloway: Sincere Fictions, Real Horrors, and the Tourism Trade
Goree Island is not the only site of slave trade remembrance on the African coast. Further south, in Ghana, there are two prominent warehouses, most often referred to as the slave castles at Cape Coast and Elmina, that are part of a thriving tourism trade catering mainly to black American travelers, many of whom are on roots journeys to "return home." Just as Post reporter Fisher is right for asking critical questions related to Obama's photo op at Goree Island, we can profit from asking challenging questions about a tourist trade that offers an uncomplicated...
Matt Hartman