The other side of the Door of No Return...

Every slave fort has a "Door of No Return" where the slaves left Africa behind and were loaded onto ships to the New World. As we passed through the Door of No Return in the Cape Coast Slave Fort, I expected to the open sea, but instead stepped out into the middle of a fishing village with men mending their nets... children playing on boats... and the waves crashing in on the beach below. A breathtaking slice of West African life...