In Saint-Louis, Senegal, one of the last visible slave warehouses, a remnant of the transatlantic slave trade, is falling into ruin.
This island, known for its rich colonial heritage, was also a major transit point where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans were held before being deported to the Americas, historians recall.
The deterioration of this site threatens to erase an important trace of this painful history, emphasizes Clarisse Fortuné in a report for France 24.