"Controversial Statue"

Recently an African country, Senegal, inaugurated a huge monument to commemorate their independence 40 anniversary. This statue required a budget of £18 million. Senegal has a GDP of $21.773 billion, comparing of $1.563 trillion of Mexico, and consider we are not a very rich country. This means Senegal probably got a little more fancy than his wallet allowed, so wasn't surprised when I found out that hundreds of Senegaleses protested about it.

  What did chocked me was that people main disagreement wasn't the price, but the thematic, because it didn't had Islamic symbolism (95% of Senegal is Islamic). It is understandable that people expected something they were more identified with, but the statue was supposed to represent tolerance and non-racism (the main principles of Senegalese independence), that's why it didn't had Islamic symbols, just like it didn't had Christian symbols, or any symbols at all. It was only a man, a woman and a child, a family, an universal value.

In my impartial opinion both government and civilians are wrong; through government wanted to growth a moral value, it should have watched first over unity of the people, and it could have be done with a lot less of money. The civilians should be more tolerant, and try to evaluate deeply before going on a riot.