Ouidah, Benin:
La Porte du Non-Retour

The arch is covered with bas relief on both sides. This side faces the inner land. The other side (see slide 3) shows the same figures viewed from the front. Their faces are distraught. Behind them is a palm tree, a symbol of their home and lost freedom.
    Studded along the supports are bas reliefs of slave pairs, a man and a woman.

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