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The Shelbourne Hotel Statues Are Due To Come Back!

The four Shelbourne Hotel statues were removed after it was believed they were representations o...

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07.49 24 Sep 2020


The Shelbourne Hotel Statues Are Due To Come Back!


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07.49 24 Sep 2020


The four Shelbourne Hotel statues were removed after it was believed they were representations of slave women. But now, historian Kyle Leyden has said they are not slaves, but Egyptian and Nubian women.  Now they are due to make a comeback and will be reinstalled.  For reaction we heard from Doctor Ebun Joseph, who set up the Institute of Black of Studies in Dublin.

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