In Ivory Coast, the loopy dream of Houphouët-Boigny | EUROtoday
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Houphouët-Boigny has lengthy dreamed of it. But it was solely on the twilight of his lengthy reign of 33 years that he lastly determined to comprehend his most grandiose venture: the Notre-Dame-de-la-Peace basilica in Yamoussoukro. Long matured within the spirit of the “Old Man”, because the Ivorians affectionately nicknamed him, this fervent Catholic noticed on this church an emblem of peace and reconciliation for a nation which, though predominantly Muslim and animist, revered the values of interreligious dialogue. .
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