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image: The Representatives of Foreign Powers (detail)

The figures here are personifications of the French colonies in Madagascar, equatorial Africa, Indochina, and North Africa. The “young” colonies are also represented in the children dancing around the statue to the right. Such a peaceful presentation glossed over the more destructive aspects of French colonialism.

image: The Representatives of Foreign Powers (detail)

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