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  • In Case You Missed It – This Statue Of Robert Mugabe…

    13 Sep 2016 by Kiernan in Entertainment, Politics, Robert Mugabe
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    I’ve never made my feelings about the evil dictator up north much of a secret, so it delights me that the statue erected in his honour is as farcical as the last 20 years of his leadership.

    We’ve got Zimbabwean sculptor Dominic Benhura to thank for this effort below, unveiled outside the state house in Harare.

    Glasses, Nazi-esque moustache, a hand raised in a giant ‘F**k You’ to the citizens of the country he seems intent on running into the ground – yep, it’s classic Bob.

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    Let’s hear from sculptor Dominic defending his efforts on News24:

    “I took up the challenge and did my best. Normally, I do not do portraits. Obviously, it did not come out the way some people expected it”…

    He said it took him six months to produce the Mugabe statue but declined to say how much he was paid.

    “This is our president,” he told local press at the unveiling. “He is our number one so I wanted to give it a strong impression.”

    Thankfully, for Dominic’s health, Mugabe seemed rather pleased with the efforts:

    “This is wonderful art and the artists naturally are gifted people, absolutely gifted,” he was quoted as saying by the Herald.

    “To see oneself reproduced this way and that way, replicated, it’s something that should be more appreciated than just by saying thank you.”

    This Twitter user raises a good point:

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    I suppose it’s always Bob who’s going to have the last laugh here, but at least he’s ended up with a little egg on face in his latest attempt at self-aggrandisement.

    [source:news24]

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