Along West Africa's slave coast, a painful past is being preserved — and marketed — raising questions about memory, tourism and profit.

Explore the vibrant culture and history of Senegal, West Africa. Discover the resilience of the Senegalese people and the haunting legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

NEARLY 800 YEARS AGO, Sundiata Keita founded the largest and greatest kingdom in West African history: the Mali Empire. At its height, around 1300, it stretched for some 2,000 kilometers west to east, ...

Thieboudienne is considered to be the national dish of Senegal. It is eaten with your hands and is absolutely delicious! We made a vegan version that we all thought was terrific, too.

The dominant perception of early photography from West Africa is that it was taken through a colonizing lens. Of Europeans in the mid-19th century spreading through the arteries of the region, new ...