How China is turning historic African slave port into waterfront tourism destination

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China is transforming the historic African slave port of Ouidah in Benin into a waterfront tourism destination. The site commemorates the transatlantic slave trade with memorials such as the 'Gate of No Return'.

In Benin’s southern Atlantic coastal town of Ouidah, located about 40km (25 miles) west of the economic capital of Cotonou, China is turning a former slave trade hub into a busy tourist destination. The historic port once saw nearly 2 million enslaved Africans marched along the 2km “Slave Route” from the auction plaza to the beach during the transatlantic slave trade. On the shore, captives were passed through the “Gate of No Return”, with a monumental memorial arch now standing at the exact...