OUIDAH, Benin — Less than a mile from what was once West Africa's biggest slave port, the departure point for more than a million people in chains, stands a statue of Francisco Félix de Souza, a man regarded as the father of this city.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
An African country reckons with its history of selling slaves
By Kevin Sieff
January 29, 2018 at 3:24 p.m. EST