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AFRICA
Continental Motives?
On his whirlwind tour of Africa last week, President George W. Bush pledged $15 billion to fight AIDS, denounced the American slave trade as "one of the greatest crimes in history," toured a wildlife park, met with African leaders and publicly weighed sending troops to help suffering Liberians. In the words of one GOP official, the trip was intended to "catch people's attention," reminding them that the war in Iraq hasn't diminished Bush's desire to be seen as a compassionate conservative. With next year's elections approaching, Bush aides were especially eager to use the trip to improve his standing with African- American ...
- New York Descendant of Goree Island Slaves Returns to Africa
- Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel William Reed January 4, 1995 700+ words
...01-04-1995 New York Descendant of Goree Island Slaves Returns to Africa. In a tradition...in Darkar, and officially honored by Goree Island residents in his return to the location...to the Caribbean and the Americas. Goree Island is infamous in the history of blacks...
- Role of Goree Island in slave trade now disputed by historians.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) February 1, 2005 700+ words
Byline: Laurie Goering GOREE ISLAND, Senegal _ Standing on the elegant...rocks edging the Atlantic Ocean. Goree Island, he said, was Africa's largest...trade, at most 30,000 left from Goree Island, probably none of them through...
- Tears, Joy Greet Descendant Of Goree Island Slaves
- Newspaper article from: Washington Informer Alvin Peabody February 22, 1995 700+ words
...1995 Tears, Joy Greet Descendant Of Goree Island Slaves. It was a day he had long anticipated...arrived at the famous slave port of Goree Island, where a "Naming" and "Coming Home...West coast of Africa. Slaves held at Goree Island labored there for two to four months...
- Goree Island: Home To Roots of Slavery
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times BEN JOHNSON February 20, 1994 700+ words
...merchants crammed into slave ships centuries ago continues to have an impact on this island, this country and this continent. Goree Island has become a popular tourist destination. Every day hundreds of foreigners, most of them from Europe and a growing number...
- Remarks at Goree Island, Senegal: July 8, 2003: week ending Friday, July 11,...
- Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents July 14, 2003 700+ words
Mr. President and Madam First Lady, distinguished guests and residents of Goree Island, citizens of Senegal, I'm honored to begin my visit to Africa in your beautiful country. For hundreds of years on this island...
- Once again: Hillary got suckered on Goree...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times March 29, 1997 700+ words
...John Paul II and the king of Spain, fell victim to a tourist trap and a miserable hoax when visiting the House of Slaves on Goree Island near Dakar ("Despite a dark past, Africa looks to future," March 20). Goree was never a large trading place, with...
- Door of No Return: The Legend of Goree Island.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: The Horn Book Magazine Bush, Margaret A. January 1, 1995 700+ words
Illustrated with photographs in color. Goree Island, off the coast of Senegal, was a pivotal location during the five centuries in which Africans were captured on their own continent...
- Ebony festival triumph of African enterprise: the historic Goree island in...
- Magazine article from: African Business Versi, Anver June 1, 2004 700+ words
...shared by two young African business executives will became solid reality when the Coca-Cola Ebony festival kicks off in Goree Island, Senegal, this month. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The theme of the festival is 'Celebrate Africa' and it will showcase...
