A life-size bronze statue of the late Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu was unveiled in Cape Town on Thursday, the latest addition to the Long March to Freedom exhibition. | nickymccain
A life-size bronze statue of Archbishop Desmond Tutu was unveiled at Long Walk To Freedom in Century City on Thursday.A life-sized bronze statue of Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been unveiled in Cape Town.Tutu was remembered at the event for his dedication to human rights.
Others depicted in the collection are Nelson Mandela, Winnie Mandela, Beyers Naude, Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Luthuli, and Oliver Tambo.The head of the National Heritage Project NPC - the owners of the Long March to Freedom - Dali Tambo said Tutu's wife, Leah, had not attended the event as it was a"very emotional moment for her".Tutu's granddaughter, Nyaniso Burris, said:"It looks like him. I wasn't expecting it to look so much like him. It's beautiful.
She added she hoped the statue would inspire a new generation of South Africans to stand for the values Tutu espoused. She quipped had he been alive to criticise the artists' work, he would most likely have honed in on his nose to ensure"it did him justice".The artists pose with the life-size bronze statue of Archbishop Desmond Tutu that they sculpted."If you visited him in hospital, you would find that it was you, not he, that was the subject of his prayers," added Makgoba.
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