African Renaissance Monument

This is the tallest statue in Africa. African Renaissance Monument in Dakar - Senegal.

On one of the twin hills in the Mamelles district of Dakar, Senegal, stands a mighty—and mightily confusing—monument.

At 160 feet tall, the bronze African Renaissance Monument is over one-and-a-half times the height of the Statue of Liberty. It depicts a man with a bare, ripped torso holding an infant aloft in one arm and guiding a woman with the other. The infant points ahead to indicate the glorious future, while the woman extends her arm behind to acknowledge the troubled past. Her hair is swept back by the wind, as are her scant, gossamer-like garments.

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onila: African Renaissance Monument

This is the tallest statue in Africa. African Renaissance Monument in Dakar - Senegal.

On one of the twin hills in the Mamelles district of Dakar, Senegal, stands a mighty—and mightily confusing—monument.

At 160 feet tall, the bronze African Renaissance Monument is over one-and-a-half times the height of the Statue of Liberty. It depicts a man with a bare, ripped torso holding an infant aloft in one arm and guiding a woman with the other. The infant points ahead to indicate the glorious future, while the woman extends her arm behind to acknowledge the troubled past. Her hair is swept back by the wind, as are her scant, gossamer-like garments.

Gossamer like garments? ?
Hair swept back by the wind in an African woman? ??

That statue does nothing for me as an African..
Actually pisses me off the way its obvious Europeanness is tried to pass as African.
The only 'African' tins abt that statue are the guys facial features and the color.






o.k.. ...done wit my rant.

dBard:



Gossamer like garments? ?
Hair swept back by the wind in an African woman? ??

That statue does nothing for me as an African..
Actually pisses me off the way its obvious Europeanness is tried to pass as African.
The only 'African' tins abt that statue are the guys facial features and the color.






o.k.. ...done wit my rant.

her hair looks plaited

not hair flowing by the wind like a white woman

onila: her hair looks plaited

not hair flowing by the wind like a white woman

Are we looking@d same image? ??

That hair isn't plaited in any way, not by a long thread..

dBard:


Are we looking@d same image? ??

That hair isn't plaited in any way, not by a long thread..

am a lady

I know better

onila: am a lady

I know better

Oh please..

Their' gossamer' garments are bin blown in a direction indicating d winds flow...
same direction d hairs bin blown.

plaited hair, esp African hair does Not get 'gone wit d wind' dat easily.











at least they got d BBC part right so..... .

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