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On top of the Mamelles, the twin hills outside Senegal’s picturesque coastal capital city of Dakar, sits Le Monument de la Renaissance africaine.
Some 49 metres tall, the Soviet-style bronze statue of a scantily clad family of three emerging from a volcano is the tallest in Africa, and it is taller even than New York’s Statue of Liberty. It was unveiled in 2010 to mark 50 years of independence for the country, and built by North Korean company Mansudae – the company also responsible for similar projects in Botswana and Namibia.
The statue came with a hefty price tag of $27 million; a questionable investment in a country where the lack of infrastructure hampers development and nearly half of the mainly Muslim population lives in poverty.
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