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Seynabou Diouf Ndiaye designs Le Joola memorial

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Senegalese architect Seynabou Diouf Ndiaye designed the memorial dedicated to the boat Le Joola, which sank in 2002. Her project, selected in 2015 by the Ministry of Culture following a call for applications, was developed with the Association of the Families of the Victims, according to Le Soleil.

Seynabou Diouf Ndiaye, an architect trained at Dakar’s National School of Architecture and Urban Planning, designed the memorial to the boat “Le Joola”. Her project was selected in 2015 by Senegal’s Ministry of Culture following a call for applications, according to Le Soleil, cited by Kassataya.

The designer developed the project in consultation with the Association of Families of the Victims of the “Joola” sinking, in order to convey a message of remembrance, according to Le Soleil.

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