Statue of Cecil Rhodes, Bulawayo

Statue of Cecil John Rhodes

Cecil John Rhodes
Photograph of the statue of Cecil John Rhodes in the city centre of Bulawayo in 1925.
Location	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Designer	John Tweed
Type	Sculpture
Material	Bronze
Length	83mm
Width	83mm
Beginning date	1904
Dedicated to	Cecil Rhodes

The statue of Cecil John Rhodes in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is a bronze sculpture of the British colonialist, businessman and politician who was the founder of the British South Africa Company (BSAC), through which he founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia. ^[1]

The statue was sculpted by a Scottish sculptor, John Tweed ^[2] and was erected in Bulawayo city centre ^[3] in 1904. In February 1981, after Southern Rhodesia's independence as Zimbabwe in 1980, the statue was removed from the city centre; it was relocated to the centenary park at the Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe. ^{[4] [5]}

The statue of Cecil Rhodes in Centenary Park.

See also

• Timeline of Bulawayo

References

1. Maylam, Paul (2002). "Monuments, memorials and the mystique of empire: the immortalisation of Cecil Rhodes in the twentieth century" (PDF). African Sociological Review. 6 (1). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2010 – via Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa.
2. "John Tweed (1869-1935) - Bob Speel's website". www.speel.me.uk.
3. "Zimbabwe. Cecil John Rhodes Statue in Bulawayo. - Atom site for DRISA". atom.drisa.co.za.
4. "'Put Rhodes statue in public for all to see'". The Sunday News. 12 April 2015.
5. "Put Rhodes statue back where it belongs, Zim told". News24.

External links

• Media related to the statue of Cecil Rhodes in Bulawayo at Wikimedia Commons