PRESIDENT MACKY SALL CHAIRED THE FIRST STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE SYMBOLIC GOREE MEMORIAL PROJECT

The Gorée Memorial is a project that dates back more than thirty years, initiated by black intellectuals, artists and writers from all continents, in partnership with the State of Senegal.

It will stand on the western edge of Dakar with a 108 m high steel tower, as the island of Gorée itself cannot accommodate a complex of too large a scale. The project is the work of Italian architect Ottavio Di Blasi, selected following an international competition under the control of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International Union of Architects (UIA) and its aesthetic will echo the so-called Castel-Almadies monument, erected in 1999 on the southern tip of the island.

Photo: Official Account of the Presidency of Senegal