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Beyond the Door of No Return

by David Diop

2024

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Set in 3 places · 1 primary
Sense of Place
5/5

Set in

  • ★
    Senegal · Senegal
    Adanson expedition in Senegalese bush
    ★ primary
  • Gorée Island · Senegal
    Gorée Island, Door of No Return, slave trade embarkation point
  • Paris · France
    opening scene, 1806 deathbed

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