And here's the final part 8 of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfMemory series on #Africa's most iconic #monuments - this time with a temple in #Niame, which houses the remains of L’arbre du Ténéré, a meanwhile legendary tree in the #Sahara in #Niger:

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-memory-part-viii

And here's part 7 of @thecontinent's #MuseumOfMemory series - this time introducing the #MonumentDeLaRenaissanceAfricaine in Senegal’s capital Dakar:

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-memory-part-vii

The #MparoRoyalTombs, resting place of Chwa II Kabalega and his descendants from the #Bunyoro Kingdom in modern day #Uganda are subject of part 6 in @thecontinent's #MuseumOfMemory:

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-memory-part-vi

In part 5 of their #MuseumOfMemory series, @thecontinent asks how we choose to remember, highlighting the #MonumentoDaPaz in Luena - and with it the the complex and complicated history of a brutal 27-year civil war (and its aftermath) in #Angola:

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-memory-part-v

The 3rd part of @thecontinent #MuseumOfMemory series covers the Thomas Sankara #Mausoleum in Ouagadougou, almost resembling a fantasy Wakanda building come to life. Unveiled in May, the mausoleum - meant to be more of a venue, a meeting place rather than just a memorial - is part of a wider effort to honour the legacy of #BurkinaFaso's former revolutionary leader #ThomasSankara, who led the country between 1983 and 1987.

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-memory-part-iii

Part 2 of @thecontinent's new #MuseumOfMemory series on some of Africa's most iconic monuments covers the towering statue of #Zimbabwe​'s former vice-president Joshua Nkomo - created, another twist in a story full of twists, by a North Korean studio ...

https://continent.substack.com/p/the-museum-of-memory-part-ii