| Statue of Cecil John Rhodes | |
| Native Name: | Cecil John Rhodes |
| Location: | Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
| Designer: | John Tweed |
| Type: | Sculpture |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Length: | 83mm |
| Width: | 83mm |
| Begin: | 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]