Benin Is Building a Theme Park to Remember Slavery - Is History Up for Sale? TC_Africa: Benin
released by the government lists several of its buildings. Their names -"Afro-Brésilien","Bénin","Caraïbes" - acknowledge the descendants of enslaved Africans.
The new structures add to an already multi-faceted treatment of the country's complicated involvement with the slave trade. Descendants of slave raiders and slave traders live alongside the descendants of enslaved people. Their competing memories and separate interests have led to differing memorial strategies.. In Ouidah, where tourism infrastructures are concentrated, forgiveness - through ritual atonement and commemoration - is sought publicly.
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