Anger in Zimbabwe at Nehanda statue amid collapsing economy

Criticism of priorities as tribute to liberation leader unveiled despite foreign food aid and lack of jobs

The Zimbabwean government unveiled a statue of the liberation heroine and anti-colonialism figurehead Mbuya Nehanda in the capital, Harare, on Tuesday amid controversy about its priorities while the economy and health system collapse.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed that the government would repatriate Mbuya Nehanda's skull and the skulls of others from the UK", and said discussions about this were on course". The human remains of Nehanda and others who fought British colonisers are held at the Natural History Museum in London.