Statue: African Renaissance

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Senegal unveiled a statue, taller than the Statue of Liberty, called "African Renaissance"
From MSNBC:
Slightly bigger than New York's Statue of Liberty, the monument perched on a hill overlooking the capital Dakar has been criticized as a waste of money in a country with crumbling infrastructure and welfare provision.

One imam in the mainly Muslim West African state issued a fatwa on Friday condemning the statue as idolatrous
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I have to agree with those who think it looks like a Stalinist-era propaganda piece.
Hope someone has a use for it.
 

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Thanks! I was planning to do this eventually but I'm glad someone else got to it, I have enough on my list as is :lol: Looks great :goodjob:
 
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