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05.03.10 09:18
IT IS either a glorious tribute to the African Renaissance, as the government proclaims, or an overblown monument to the outrageous vanity of President Abdoulaye Wade, as many Senegalese believe. Either way, at least the vast statue that now dominates the skyline of the Senegalese capital of Dakar leaves no one indifferent. At 50 metres tall, a shade more than New York’s Statue of Liberty, it is designed to provoke.
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But the president has probably been damaged most of all by his demand that 35% of the proceeds from visitors viewing the statue should go in perpetuity to his own foundation, to be run by his daughter. Mr Wade argues that this is a fair reward for the extraordinary creative energy he has expended on the project (which was designed by North Koreans), though it has been financed from public funds.
Hahahaha - großes Kino! Das ist so typisch für afrikanische Potentaten, dass mir klischeehafte Vorstellungen von gewichtig (und gefährlich) aussehen wollenden Greisen auf Leopardenfellen mit Elfenbeinstock in der Hand kommen