Kribi Playing Host of Mother of Humanity Monument.
The town of Kribi in the South Region of Cameroon has been chosen to host the » Mother of Humanity » monument. In no distance time, the construction works will begin. The Pan-African Monument christened Mother of Humanity Monument is a gift to Africa offered by the people of the United States of America.The 97 metres tall Monument will be surrounded by 55 cultural houses that represent the entire 55 African Countries. As the funding phase of the project has come to an end, the African and African-American architects who are to work on the Monument have to travel to Cameroon soon for the project realization.
The statue already has been constructed in the USA and will be ferried to Kribi from Joe Biden’s country as a final piece to complete the work. At the end of the project, the Mother of Humanity Monument will be the tallest in Africa and the third in the world, behind the statue of Unity in India and the Monument of Peter the Great in Russia. When compared to the Statue of Liberty ( The most famous statue in the world) in the USA, the Mother of Humanity Monument is twice its height. The bid to host the « Mother of Humanity Monument » that ended in Cameroon was very high as states like Ghana, Nigeria and Morroco applied to have it. The over $200 million project will be funded by African- American celebrities from the world of art, media, busines and politics. The site where the giant edifice is to be planted has been demarcated already.
It was done at the end of May 2021 under the supervision of some local administrative authorities and the president of Act of Random Kindness (ARK) Jammers connection Africa ( The initiative promoters).
By Takang Bisong
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