Miss Zomboko
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Sanamu linapatikana Nchini Senegal lenye urefu wa Mita 49 ilitengenezwa Korea Kaskazini. Linajulikana kama ‘The African Renaissance’ ambapo lilizinduliwa Aprili 2010 na aliyekuwa Rais kwa wakati huo, Abdoulaye Wade
Sanamu hii kubwa ya shaba iliyopo Dakar ilikusudiwa kuashiria ushindi wa ukombozi wa Afrika na kushindana na Sanamu ya Uhuru na Mnara wa Eiffel kama kivutio cha Watalii.
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On the 3rd of April 2010 a day before Senegal commemorated its 50th independence anniversary, the then President Abdoulaye Wade unveiled to more than 20 African leaders, the continent’s tallest statue, the African Renaissance Monument.
This monumental 49-metre-high bronze statue in the capital Dakar was meant to symbolize the triumph of African liberation and rival the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower as a tourist destination. However, its story was dominated by controversy.
For example, in a country where 47 per cent of the population were living below the poverty line critics argued the estimated $27 million could have been better spent elsewhere. Additionally issues of idolatry and the amount of nudity on display did not sit well with the majority Muslim community.
However, for all the public shame and outrage, the monument still stands tall 10 years on.
Sanamu hii kubwa ya shaba iliyopo Dakar ilikusudiwa kuashiria ushindi wa ukombozi wa Afrika na kushindana na Sanamu ya Uhuru na Mnara wa Eiffel kama kivutio cha Watalii.
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On the 3rd of April 2010 a day before Senegal commemorated its 50th independence anniversary, the then President Abdoulaye Wade unveiled to more than 20 African leaders, the continent’s tallest statue, the African Renaissance Monument.
This monumental 49-metre-high bronze statue in the capital Dakar was meant to symbolize the triumph of African liberation and rival the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower as a tourist destination. However, its story was dominated by controversy.
For example, in a country where 47 per cent of the population were living below the poverty line critics argued the estimated $27 million could have been better spent elsewhere. Additionally issues of idolatry and the amount of nudity on display did not sit well with the majority Muslim community.
However, for all the public shame and outrage, the monument still stands tall 10 years on.
