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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Farai Mutsaka

Zimbabwe's stone carvers seek a revival as an Oxford exhibition confronts a British colonial legacy

Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A pair of white hands blinding a Black face. A smiling colonizer with a Bible, crushing the skull of a screaming native with his boot. Chained men in gold mines, and a pregnant woman.

These stone sculptures from Zimbabwe will take center stage at an upcoming exhibition at Oxford University in Britain, aiming to “contextualize” the legacy of British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes with depictions of religious deception, forced labor and sexual abuse.

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