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AFRICA | Benin is building a themed park to remember slavery - is history up for sale?

 The Marina Project is a vast memorial and tourist complex under construction in Ouidah, a coastal town in the Republic of Benin in West Africa. The country hopes to market itself as a major destination for Afro-descendant tourists in the diaspora. Neighbouring Nigeria and its population of 220 million potential visitors also makes serene and diminutive Benin an enviable location for large scale tourist attractions.

AFRICA | Benin is building a themed park to remember slavery - is history up for sale?
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