2020, Anticolonial graffiti on the monument to Gallieni in Paris

has description | a une description: Following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in the United States, antiracist protests inspired by Black Lives Matter flourish in France in the Spring of 2020.
On June 16, the monument to Gallieni is graffitied with blue spray paint reading "Déboulonnons le récit officiel" (Let's take down the official narrative) on the front plinth, "Dans un musée" (In a museum), and "Etat responsable" (Responsible State) on the other sides. Next to the front graffiti, a different hand wrote: "89 000 † à Madagascar, ni oubli ni pardon" (89,000 deaths in Madagascar, no forgetting nor forgiving).
has type | est de type: contestation; law breaking
carried out by | réalisée par: Antiracist activists; Anticolonial activists
took place at | a eu lieu dans: Place Vauban; Paris; France
took place on or within | a eu lieu le ou dans l'intervalle de temps: 16 June 2020

is referred to by | est référencé par: Lalouette, J. 2021. Les statues de la discorde. Paris: Passés Composés/Humensis, pp.103, 108, 119-123.; Tillier, B. 2022. La Disgrâce des statues : Essai sur les conflits de mémoire, de la Révolution Française à Black Lives Matter. Paris: Payot, pp. 182-183.; Twitter; Twitter

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