Tree of Life

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  Mozambique's many discarded guns, a legacy of the civil war, provided inspiration for the piece. Find out more at Christian Aid. David Rose chronicalled the construction of the piece, while Armet Francis provides the images from the opening at the British Museum.

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  Artists Kester and Adelino Mathe work on the Tree

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  Artists Fiel Dos Santos and Kester admire the finished work

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  Artists Adelino, Fiel Dos Santos Hilario Nhatugueja and Kester

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  The Tree of Life at its first public outing in Maputo's Peace Park

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  The Tree of Life at the British Museum

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  Artist Yinka Shonibare at the Tree of Life opening

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  Actor Kevin Whatley at the opening

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  A close up of Kester's Throne of Weapons

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  Bishop Sengulane and Baroness Amos at the Throne of Weapons

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  Tree of Life artist Fiel dos Santos, at the British Museum for the launch

• Journalist Maya Jaggi and writer Margaret Busby.

  

• Gus Casely-Hayford, Director of Africa 05, with Margaret Busby and actor Hugh Quarshie at the opening.

  

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  Artist Kester alongside his Throne of Weapons

• Bishop Sengulane, the artists and guests in front of the Tree of Life