Statue of Cecil Rhodes, Bulawayo

Statue in Zimbabwe

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[3] centre 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]

## See also

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* Timeline of Bulawayo

## References

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1. ^ https://codesria.org/IMG/pdf/08_maylam.pdf [bare URL PDF]
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. ^ News, The Sunday (12 April 2015). "'Put Rhodes statue in public for all to see'". The Sunday News. `{{cite web}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)
5. ^ "Put Rhodes statue back where it belongs, Zim told". News24.

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