Savage Reaction BY Zimbabweans To The Mbuya Nehanda Statue

Zimbabwean Netizens are enmeshed in a euphoric internet brouhaha reacting to the unveiling of the supposedly artifact meant to be a prototype of the representation of  our bonafide foremother - Mbuya Nehanda. 

Is it by happenstance or by design that the sculptor is a male horny devil? Palpably, to quench, extinguish his inherent sexual titillation,  he mischievously hyperbolized our iconic foremother’s buttocks, unbelievably inflated her bosom. He fetishizes on big buttocks and big bosom . More disturbingly, in lieu of accurately portraying her as a dark skinned women that she was ; the horny devil mendaciously administered bleaching agents on our foremother . Consequently, we are presented with a Slay Queen, yellow bone as a prototype of a representation of our history. Ironically and symbolically, our foremother passionately fought against such intellectual laziness, nincompoopery during her epoch . 

The historicity of Mbuya Nehanda is very clear . She was a courageous, dark skinned, intelligent, cultured woman who passionately , unequivocally and with great stoicism fought the infrastructures of imperialism . Selflessness , courage, resilience and remarkable Pan Africanism were the hallmarks of our great foremother. She was a personification of Africa . 

Regrettably, intentionally or unintentionally such gross caricature of our foremother is outrageously unbecoming. In fact , this is a direct insult / urination on the remarkable legacy of Mbuya Nehanda Nyakasikana. At a minimum the sculptor is a bad humorist and at a maximum an epitome of intellectual laziness. 

Did Mbuya Nehanda gain all this weight during  lockdown? That’s a rhetorical question. 

Mbuya Nehanda and sekuru Kaguvi did not die for this nincompoopery, tomfoolery and buffoonery. The bastardization of the legacy of our foremother through such caricature is tantamount to treason! 

The Slay Queen artifact must fall henceforth! I am as serious as a thrombosis!

Author: Nigel Gwirikwiti

 

The corrupt and ruthless dishonourable President of Zimbabwe, Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa is seen above touring   touring the site where the statue is under construction by sculptor David Mutasa yesterday. 

He went on to lambast critics of the statue claiming that  some sections of the society were claiming that the erection of statues of liberation war icons was idolatry.

“Those who say that also carry crosses around their necks and pictures symbolising Jesus Christ. Why wear that cross? If they were not part of us, we would have told them to go back to their countries of origin.

The persecuted award winning Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono waded with scathing assessment of the situation in Zimbabwe. Thee country is reeling from economic destitution without even running water or healthcare services.