Saturday, May 1, 2010

Theme Day: Statue The African Renaissance Monument

I was recently in Dakar, Senegal where the country launched this huge monument called the African Renaissance to mark its 50th independence anniversary.

Standing at almost 50 metres tall on a 100metres high hill in the Oukam district of Dakar, the renaissance monument which overlooks the Atlantic Ocean is a testimony to the taste of Senegalese in high art.

It depicts a woman, a man and a child emerging on top of a hill. It is very breezy on top of the hill and it gives a wonderful view of the whole of Dakar. It is something many Senegalese will be very proud of many years to come.

4 comments:

Tussy said...

Powerful statue!

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Unknown said...

WOW, that's a huge statue.

Ann said...

That's massive, I'm glad you included people to put it in perspective. Very heroic statue.

Glennis said...

Great statue on top of the hill is a good spot for it.