President John Mahama has visited the famous Aapravasi Ghat World Heritage Site as part of his three-day state visit to Mauritius.The Aapravasi Ghat or Immigration Depot located in Port Louis, was the first British colony to receive indentured, or contracted, labor workforce from India.From 1849 to 1923, half a million Indian indentured laborers passed through the Immigration Depot, to be transported to plantations throughout the British Empire.President John Dramani went into the dungeon where slaves were kept awaiting shipment and other historic room in the buiding.The Head of Technical Unit of the facility, Miss Corinne Forest assisted President Mahama and his delegation round the museum.
President Mahama tours 'Aapravasi Ghat World Heritage Site'
President John Dramani went into the dungeon where slaves were kept awaiting shipment.
Recommended articles
JOIN OUR PULSE COMMUNITY!
ADVERTISEMENT
Eyewitness? Submit your stories now via social or:
Email: eyewitness@pulse.ng
Recommended articles
Tinubu secures $600m seaport investment from Danish company
‘Warri Boys in Lagos’ launches ₦1bn appeal fund for multipurpose complex
Tinubu grants approval for design of Sokoto-Badagry Coastal Highway - Umahi
Ganduje: IGP lauded for withdrawing police attached to Kano anti-graft commission
Gunmen brutally murder Aiyedatiwa’s campaign coordinator in front of his house
Tinubu best thing to happen to northern Nigeria - Arewa group
Nursing mothers lament high cost of diapers, mull alternative
PDP wins chairmanship seats in all 33 LGs in Oyo State
Air Force strikes terrorists in Niger and economic saboteurs in Niger Delta
ADVERTISEMENT