From slave town to art hub


UNTIL last year, the few tourists who visited the small west African town of Ouidah in Benin were likely headed to the Gateway of No Return, a massive monument to the area’s bleak history as a slave trading hub.

But the town may soon become known for an attraction of an entirely different sort: the first sub-Saharan Africa museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary African art.

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