List of African countries’ independence dates: Quick Facts

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The African Renaissance Monument in Dakar, Senegal, shows a towering bronze statue of a man, woman, and child atop a hill, with a long staircase and visitors below.

An 8-meter-high bronze statue of the Unknown Soldier stands on a stone pedestal with gold inscriptions, in front of a tall white obelisk at Heroes' Acre near Windhoek, Namibia.

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