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2021, The monument to Victor Schœlcher is decapitated and tagged
Event
- has description | a une description
- On the night of March 5-6, 2021, the bust of Victor Schœlcher was removed from its base and tagged. Inscriptions were spray-painted in black: “JM Sonjé!!!”, “Fier d'être colonisé?” and three colors, red, green and black, were also spray-painted.
- has type | est de type
- contestation
- took place on or within | a eu lieu le ou dans l'intervalle de temps
- 5 March 2021
- was motivated by | le déplacement a été motivé par
- The inscription “JM Sonjé” invites us to make the connection with the action carried out by activists at the JM distillery in Macouba on February 12, 2021, aimed at making the distillery and public opinion react to the presence of a colonial emblem, the 4 snakes flag, and colonial imagery (slaves sent out to sea to retrieve barrels) on the bottles of rum marketed by the distillery.
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- resulted in | a eu pour résultat
- The mayor files a handrail.