African scuba divers explore slave trade shipwrecks off Senegal

Déthié Faye, one of the students who took part in the archaeological dives near Senegal's Gorée Island. (Guy Peterson for The Washington Post)

Off the coast of Senegal, a Smithsonian-sponsored program is training divers to explore and document sunken slave ships

November 17, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. EST

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GORÉE ISLAND, Senegal — The scuba divers marched through the cobblestone streets of one of . . .