Harar – Equestrian statues https://equestrianstatue.org by Kees van Tilburg Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:23:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.11 Makonnen, Ras https://equestrianstatue.org/makonnen-ras/ Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:00:00 +0000 http://equestrianstatue.org/?p=1670 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 … Continue reading "Makonnen, Ras"

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