Voortrekker Monument Hall of Heroes
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The Hall of Heroes is the main central hall of the Voortrekker Monument. It is a high domed hall, 25x25x41 metres, with marble floors and an impressive marble frieze (92 metres long and 2,3 metres high), depicting historical scenes from the Great Trek.
Four huge arched windows made from yellow Belgian glass flank the hall and give the impression that the area is a revered place, like a temple.
Below the Hall of Heroes is the Cenotaph Hall, and museum.
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The Voortrekker Monument is situated in a nature reserve and is a unique Monument which commemorates ...
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voortrekker_MonumentThe Voortrekker Monument is located ...
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voortrekker_MonumentThe Voortrekker Monument is located ...
The great grey colossus of the massive Voortrekker Monument can be seen from all directions as you ap...
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voortrekker_MonumentThe Voortrekker Monument is located ...
The Voortrekker Monument is situated in a nature reserve and is a unique Monument which commemorates ...
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Let's mention a few African heroes you may have heard of, for inspiration in the face of the continued economic inequality and violence which plague Africa today: Nelson Mandela, first democratically elected President of South Africa, who fought against apartheid and served 27 years in prison while advocating freedom and peace. Haile Salassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, who resisted Mussolini and the fascist Italian invasion of WWII, and who is worshipped as an incarnation of God by the Rastafari movement. Kwame Nkrumah, first Prime Minister of Ghana, advocate of uniting Africa in Pan-Africanism. Fela Kuti, inventor of Afrobeat music, who declared his home to be an independent state, ran for president of Nigeria, and to whose funeral ONE MILLION PEOPLE came to pay their respects.
In June 2001 the African Union was formed, consisting of 53 African States organized, like in the EU, around common economic and political development.
Text by Steve Smith.
