Places

The African Renaissance Monument in Dakar, Senegal
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The African Renaissance Monument, also known as Monument De La Renaissance Africaine, is a bronze statue of 164 feet high perched on a hill in...

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Lake Volta and the Construction of the Akosombo Dam – Ghana
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The Volta lake, as it is popularly known, was created by the construction of the Akosombo Dam over the River Volta in the mid-1960s. The...

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