Artist:
Jean et Christian Moisa
Address:
Boulevard Paul-Vaillant-Couturier
93700 Drancy
FranceManagement type:
Statues
Type:
Memorials
Site overview:
Inaugurated on the 23rd of May 2006, the monument represents a black woman embracing a black man who, facing her, raises his arms and breaks his chains. An identical statue is located on the Island of Gorée (Senegal) .
Keywords:
Commemoration
Emancipation
French Republic
Memorial project
Memories of slavery
Slave ancestry