Yellen was at times visibly moved by her visit to the House of Slaves, on Goree Island. Read more at straitstimes.com.
GOREE ISLAND, Senegal - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday spoke of the “unspeakable cruelty” and enduring consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but said she was heartened by signs of progress and renewal in both the United States and Africa.
The site, now a museum and Unesco World Heritage site, often draws high-level American visitors, including former president Barack Obama, the first US president of African ancestry, who visited with his family in 2013. “Ultimately, Goree Island reminds us that the histories of Africa and America are intimately connected. We know that the tragedy did not stop with the generation of humans taken from here,” she said, after touring the museum with its curator Eloi Coly.
“Secretary Yellen and others have made a wise choice in visiting this important site and should embrace the truthful representation of Goree Island and what it stands for in the historical experience of Africans on the continent and in the diaspora,” she told Reuters. On Saturday, she said both Africa and the United States had made tremendous strides, but more work was needed to counter the brutal consequences of the slave trade.
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