{"id":77239,"date":"2020-07-10T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T13:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=77239"},"modified":"2020-07-10T09:55:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T13:55:09","slug":"black-lives-matter-spurs-more-changes-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/black-lives-matter-spurs-more-changes-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Black lives matter spurs more changes in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Lisa Vives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Americans explore the renaming of army bases, statues, streets, and schools that honor racist slave-holders or portray demeaning relationships between whites and Black, Brown and Latinx citizens, similar efforts are underway in Senegal and Liberia most recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goree, an island in Senegal linked closely with slave trade, has decided to rename one of its main squares in response to the anti-racist movements around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The island\u2019s municipal council unanimously agreed to rename Europe Square as \u201cLiberty and Human Dignity Square.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement from authorities, the move is in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests that have spread across the world, denouncing recurrent racial violence targeted at the black community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 28-hectare island, situated two kilometers offshore from Dakar, was the largest slave-trading center on the African coast between the 15th and 19th century, according to the UN\u2019s cultural agency UNESCO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goree Island is also registered by UNESCO as a World Heritage centre and act as a \u201csymbol of human exploitation.\u201d Europe Square was inaugurated in 2003 by Mayor Augustin Senghor and the then President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Augustin Senghor initially argued that street names should not be changed in order not to forget the pain and drama experienced on Goree Island &#8211; the \u201clast stop of freedom\u201d for many Africans in Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senegalese also want the statue of former colonial governor, Louis Faidherbe, to be removed. 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