Reconnection across the world

Diaspora Bridge

Histories of movement, displacement and connection between Africa and its global diaspora, and the cultures that travelled with them.

These pages explore shared histories and connections between communities. They cannot, and do not, determine any individual’s ancestry or ethnic identity.

Migration narrativeIsland of GoréeA small island off Dakar that has become a worldwide place of memory of the Atlantic slave trade.
Migration narrativeValongo Wharf, Rio de JaneiroThe stone wharf where an estimated 900,000 enslaved Africans were landed in Brazil, rediscovered in 2011.