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The image shows a plaque, mounted on a concrete wall, located at the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (latitude: -6.814, longitude: 39.294), commemorating the 1998 bombing of the US Embassy in Tanzania.  The plaque has a title, "IN MEMORY of the bombings and those lost" and includes a quote about the bombing: "Nayawanyoya mazungumzo na wale walionusurika na ndugu wa wale waliofariki katika tukio hili, 'baya kumiingozwa katika kazi zangu zote.'"  The plaque also provides information about the Swedish sculptor, Clara Sörmas, who created the sculpture "Hope out of Sorrow" in 1999, and its inspiration, and was commissioned by the National Museum of Tanzania and US Embassy in 1999 as a memorial to those who died in the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam. The artist used materials collected from the compound after the bombing including broken glass panel. She added sculptural elements and imprinted the arms, depicting the emotion. The person with no help add meaning and a broken glass panel to the bombing brought to the furniture, portrays the sorrow and depicted in the sculpture, the victims from the nation as a whole. The faces emerging from concrete depict those who lost their lives.
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Apr 12, 2025, 11:19 AM

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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The image shows a plaque, mounted on a concrete wall, located at the US Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (latitude: -6.814, longitude: 39.294), commemorating the 1998 bombing of the US Embassy in Tanzania. The plaque has a title, "IN MEMORY of the bombings and those lost" and includes a quote about the bombing: "Nayawanyoya mazungumzo na wale walionusurika na ndugu wa wale waliofariki katika tukio hili, 'baya kumiingozwa katika kazi zangu zote.'" The plaque also provides information about the Swedish sculptor, Clara Sörmas, who created the sculpture "Hope out of Sorrow" in 1999, and its inspiration, and was commissioned by the National Museum of Tanzania and US Embassy in 1999 as a memorial to those who died in the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam. The artist used materials collected from the compound after the bombing including broken glass panel. She added sculptural elements and imprinted the arms, depicting the emotion. The person with no help add meaning and a broken glass panel to the bombing brought to the furniture, portrays the sorrow and depicted in the sculpture, the victims from the nation as a whole. The faces emerging from concrete depict those who lost their lives.

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