The “African Renaissance” statue during its construction in August 2009. (via Wikipedia) On April 3, the West African nation of Senegal officially inaugurated one of the strangest statues in the ...

SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. — A new statue now stands outside the Sumter County Judicial Center, honoring former South Carolina Chief Justice Ernest Finney Jr. and his lasting impact on the state. Finney made ...

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DAKAR (Reuters) - Soaring above the Dakar skyline, the nearly finished monument to the African Renaissance in Senegal's capital is billed as a symbol of Africa's rise from "centuries of ignorance, ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Beck Cultural Exchange Center has partnered with Boyd Sports to unveil new statues at the Delaney Plaza in downtown Knoxville, hoping to continue the transformation of the ...

CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe — A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained men in gold mines, and a pregnant ...

One of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. Larger than life, its oversized bronze shoes shimmer in the evening light, polished by the ...