Door of Return

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The Door of Return is an emblem of African Renaissance and a pan-African initiative that seeks to launch a new era of cooperation between Africa and its diaspora in the 21st century. The name is a reference to the "Doors of No Return”, monuments in West African countries commemorating the transatlantic slave trade. On 24 August 2017, Nigeria erected the first symbolic Door of Return monument as part of the Diaspora Festival in Badagry. The symbolic monument was unveiled under the auspices of the Hon. Abike Dabiri, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora and Foreign Affairs. The Badagry Door of Return Experience is a cultural event commemorating theological homecoming of diasporic Africans who are descendants of African ancestors who were taken away as slaves to the Americas over the course of some 400 years during the trans-Atlantic enslavement of African peoples. The fourth edition of the commemorative event was held in October 2023. The Door of Return initiative is expected...

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