- CountryEthiopia
- Town:Harar
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Year of creation:1959
- Rider(s):Makonnen, Ras
(1852 –1906) was a general and the governor of Harar province in Ethiopia, and the father of Tafari Mäkonnen (later known as Emperor Haile Selassie I). As such, he was a first cousin of Emperor >Menelik II.
- Sculptor(s):Augustincic and Krsinic
Antun Augustinčić (1900–1979) was a Croatian sculptor active in Yugoslavia and the United States.
Frano Kršinić (1897 –1982) was a Croatian sculptor active in former Yugoslavia.
Along with Ivan Meštrović and Antun Augustinčić, he is considered one of the three most important Croatian sculptors of the 20th century.
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In the mid 1950s, Croatian sculptors Antun Augustinčić & Frano Kršinić worked with Ethiopian artist Afewerk Tekle to forge in Yugoslavia an equestrian statue of Ras Makonnen, the father of the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I. In 1958, the statue was placed in the center of the city of Harar, Ethiopia. However, this statue was recently torn down and destroyed back in June of 2020 during the continuing unrest spreading across Ethiopia.
Photo by Gerard Huber
