Nkumba Student work Unfired clay sculpture

Your Independence, is it real or is it a myth? Kenyan sculptor Gregory Maloba's concrete work on Uganda's Independence is deconstructed

Large feet could suggest that a foundation for true independence may be put in place to provide sustainability

Maloba's Independence Monument also projects a profound sense of fragility as was made in concrete, not a material considered particularly valuable in itself

Headless and armless body suggests a lack of life, purpose or vision. Meaningless situation

Headless and armless slave

Reaching out to an ideal that does not exist anymore?

To what end is the higher aspiration?

We are not free but probably our children will be