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African Renaissance Monument (Ouakam, Dakar)
African Renaissance Monument (Ouakam, Dakar)– this is a 49 meter tall bronze statue situated on top of one the Deux Mamelles hills in the outskirts of Dakar. Senegalese architect Pierre Goudiaby designed it, and was built by the North Korean company Mansudae Overseas Projects. It was inaugurated on April 4th, 2010 – the 50th anniversary of Senegal’s independence from France (with various African heads of state, as well as African-American civil rights figure Jesse Jackson attending that event). Due to the statue’s Soviet-era style design and its cost (US$27 million), this monument has generated comments from both supporters and critics.