Income Statue of Africa's Rennaissance

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has commissioned a 160-ft high bronze statue commemorating the “African Renaissance.” The statue, “shows a muscular man in a heroic posture, outstretched arms wrapped around his wife and child, who is balanced on one of his biceps,” reports the Associated Press. Plus, the entire group is coming out of a volcano. The statue is symbolic of the African family(Man, Woman and Child) rising out of the volcanic threshold of Slavery, Racism and IGNORANCE . The statue members seem to be pointing at their collective destiny with ultimate focus and expectation.

Senegalese media reports that the statue will be dedicated in a grandiose ceremony on December 12, 2009, with various African leaders and Brazilian President Lula Ignacio da Silva in attendance.

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