Dakar, March 22 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban delegation that visited Senegal, led by Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, paid tribute to National Hero José Martí, the Cuban Embassy reported today.
In front of the bust, which is part of the permanent collection of the African Renaissance Monument, Rodríguez laid a wreath, accompanied by representatives of the Association of Friendship and Solidarity between the Peoples of Senegal and Cuba.
Also participating were students from the Hispanic Circle of Cheik anta Diop University, led by Djibril Mbaye, head of the Romance Languages Department at the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences at that institution.
The bust is the work of Cuban visual artist Alberto Lescay and was unveiled in 2019.
Birame Mbarou Diouf, the museum’s general manager, explained the institution to the chancellor, particularly the fresco depicting the history of African emancipation, which depicts key figures in that struggle, including Ahmed Sékou Touré, Nelson Mandela, and Amílcar Cabral, among others.
These images also feature the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, alongside the first Angolan president, Agostinho Neto, for their contributions to the liberation causes of African men and women, and against neocolonialism and imperialist ambitions.
They were also able to see the Living Heritages exhibition, inaugurated on March 13 in conjunction with the embassies of Colombia and Venezuela. Cuba displays, in audiovisual format, the faces and portraits of the most significant Afro-descendant women in history to the present day, the source said.
Rodríguez wrote words of gratitude in the Book of Honor and received a miniature replica of the 100-meter-high sculpture.
These activities concluded the Cuban minister’s trip, which included visits to South Africa, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal, with a view to strengthening relations with these countries.
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