Address:
Cimetière Lafosse
97450 Saint-Louis
ReunionSite overview:
The Père Lafosse Cemetery, also called “cimetière des Âmes perdues” (Cemetery of Lost Souls), is located on the island of La Réunion, in Saint- Louis. It has the particularity of containing slave remains. The people of La Réunion gather there every 20th of December to visit the graves of Père Lafosse and the slaves.
Keywords:
Commemoration
Memories of slavery
Réunion
Réunion identity
Slave ancestry