Ouidah Slave Route — Gateway of No Return

Ouidah (also spelled Whydah; locally Glexwe) was historically a chief port of the Kingdom of Whydah and a principal node in the Atlantic slave trade. The site known as the "Gateway of No Return" functions as a memorial location tied to the slave-trade embarkation points and is part of Ouidah's broader network of slave-route memorials. Scholarly work and international initiatives, notably the 1994 Ouidah Conference that launched UNESCO's Slave Route Project, have foregrounded Ouidah's role in transatlantic history and memory. The supplied sources focus on historical, cultural, and mnemonic treatments of the slave trade and the popularisation of its history; they do not document paranormal claims, named spirits, or supernatural theories connected to the Gateway of No Return. Memorialization and scholarly attention, including collections of essays on memory and imagination related to slavery, are the primary emphases in the sources provided. Precise coordinates for the specific memorial site and details on visitor access or construction dates for memorial structures are not given in the excerpts supplied.