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Overview
The removal of statues as symbols of powers contested or overthrown by changes in political regimes has been a constant throughout history. In an op-ed, Maria Paula Meneses revisits the experiences of the removal of statues and other colonial icons as well as the production of a new topography as part of the decolonisation of Mozambique.
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Photo: The removal of the statue of Mouzinho de Albuquerque, right before Mozambique's independence, in June 1975
