African Renaissance Monument Raises Religious Objections

The Monument to the African Renaissance is meant to draw tourists and pride to Senegal's capital, Dakar. But the huge bronze statue is drawing criticism from some in Senegal's mostly Muslim population. Ricci Shryock reports.

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[kwilly54]

@EriPages When will we learn my brother . It makes me so damn angry that Black People keep defending the

the justification of practicing the Religions of our Slave Masters , Arab Islam and Western Christianity .

[kwilly54]

If Africans and American Blacks stop worshiping Religions that put them into Slavery Islam, Western Christianity and rediscover their original worship systems , that would solve alot of prolems . It is complete insanity that Blacks continue to practice

religious systems that keeps them in mental slavery .

[EriPages]

The statue looks GREAT! The whole religious argument is rubbish, especially when considering most of Africa was -forcibly- converted to Christianity or Islam.

Love to Senegal from Eritrea

[lockwoodisafaggot]

ha what a bunch of turds. Arent these people fucking broke? And they hire all north koreans to build it. hilarious...

[maddawgy1234]

i think Muslim is the problem not the Monument. they worship stone in mecca

[kuruyiva]

I think the statue represent, the Africans before all these religions, this is the history of Africans not Islam.

[jaalexis2002]

c'est tres joile, bravo. si les musulmans n'aiment pas alors ne regardez pas.

[yorubablk3]

i LOVE this monument!

[TIMESOUNDREC]

merci.

[themadgee]

This is evil