Monday’s Monument: Flamme de la Paix, Timbuktu, Mali

Monday’s Monument: Flamme de la Paix, Timbuktu, Mali

The Flame of Peace or “Flamme de la Paix” is a peace monument located on the northwest part of Timbuktu facing the desert. This white construction with rifles, kalashnikovs and rocket launchers embedded in the surrounding concrete is the actual place where more than...
Monday’s Monument: Virtues of Life, Lagos, Nigeria

Monday’s Monument: Virtues of Life, Lagos, Nigeria

In 2018 TerraKulture, a cultural arts center in Lagos, partnered with the Nigerian government to simultaneously erect 19 new monuments “to boost the aesthetic landscape of the State…and further place the State on global tourism scene and the hub of Africa...