16ft Wharton statue to be unveiled

A 16ft statue of Arthur Wharton, the world's first black professional footballer, will be unveiled at St George's Park.
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11 years ago
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Mandela statue unveiled in Pretoria
A statue of Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, is unveiled in the capital, Pretoria, a day after he was buried.
9 years ago
BBC23 Dec
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Famous Libya statue disappears
An iconic Italian-era statue of a naked woman caressing a gazelle mysteriously disappears from a famous roundabout in Libya's capital, Tripoli.
9 years ago
BBC26 Dec
De Klerk: Rhodes statue should stay
Former South African President FW De Klerk has joined criticism of a campaign to remove the statue of colonial leader Cecil Rhodes from Oxford University.
11 years ago
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Egyptian statue sells for £16m
A 4,000-year-old Egyptian statue is sold for nearly £16m at Christie's of London, amid calls from the country's ambassador for it to be handed back to Egypt.
11 years ago
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SA guns 'to make footballer statue'
South Africa's football boss asks people to surrender their illegal guns in order to make a statue in honour of Senzo Meyiwa, who was shot last week.
10 years ago
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Row over rabbit in Mandela statue
South Africa's government orders sculptors to remove a bronze rabbit they hid in the ear of the statue of Nelson Mandela unveiled after his death, a spokesman tells the BBC.
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