Udo not statue Nelson Mandela, with open arms in a sign of reconciliation, was unveiled at the headquarters of the South African presidency in Pretoria, the day after the funeral of the hero of the anti-apartheid struggle. The work has been billed as the world's largest statue of Nelson Mandela. Nine meters high, 4,5 tons of bronze: the sculpture created by South Africans Andre Prinsloo and Ruhan Janse van Vuuren, cost 8 million rand (689 francs) and is presented as the largest statue in the world. Nelson Mandela's world.
Smiling, in a suit, arms wide open, South Africa's first black president seems to be waving to the crowd. The head of state Jacob Zuma present at the ceremony stressed that the other statues of Mandela instead present him with a raised fist.
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