The giant sandals sculpture on a roundabout in Shida Square in Asmara. These shida (the Arabic ...

Accession Number P04174.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Maker Brown, Stuart
Place made Eritrea: Asmara
Date made September 2001
Conflict Period 2000-2009
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Description

The giant sandals sculpture on a roundabout in Shida Square in Asmara. These shida (the Arabic word for sandals) are the same as those worn by the Independence fighters, and following the tradition in Eritrea of keeping the shoes of the dead as a reminder of them, and this monument commemorates those freedom fighters killed in their struggle.