160-ft high bronze statue will be built in Senegal
10.01.2010
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade is reported to have commissioned a 160-ft high bronze statue commemorating the "African Renaissance."
Senegal (1) -- Analyses -- 2010
More about the statue
10.01.2010
The statue costs $27 million to build. Nearly 50 North Korean workers from the state-run Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang were brought in to build the statue because
of their expertise with bronze art, and some Senegalese have complained of its communist-era design.
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