CBored among the tallest monuments in the world, the monument is composed of an imposing 52 m statue in bronze and copper representing a couple and a child resting on a hill of about 100 m. Ode to Africa, it offers a spectacular view of Dakar and its beaches. The celebration of 50 years of independence saw the inauguration of the African Renaissance monument in the presence of several heads of state and personalities.
Construction
The structure, work on which began in 2002, cost between 9,3 and 15 billion CFA francs (15 to 23 million euros). It is one of the major projects of President Abdoulaye Wade who wants it “dignity of the continent”. It is a question of showing through a family drawn up towards the sky, the man carrying his child on his biceps and holding his wife by the waist, "an Africa emerging from the bowels of the earth, leaving obscurantism to go. to the light ".