Stock photography, photos: Gate of No Return - Benin Stock photos of The Gate of No Return memorial in Ouidah, Benin. This monument symbolizes the departure of slaves from old Dahomey, bound for the New World. The last sight of their African homeland was this beach from where they were sent to the waiting slave ships. West Africa. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: benin, dahomey, west africa, gate of no return, ouidah, slave, slaves, slavery, monument, memorial, africa