Echo of a Dictator
11/24/25 • 1 min read
I discovered the work of Davina Jogi via Akashinga and browsed her portfolio site. Filtering her stories, I found a series entitled ‘The Portrait’ which immediately transported me home to Zimbabwe.
It was a legal mandate to publicly hang an official portrait of Robert Mugabe at registered business premises. They were supplied by the Ministry of Information and were a symbol of ZANU-PF rule. In the wake of Mugabe’s forced resignation in 2017, the ramifications of the transition were unclear, and with an abundance of caution, many business owners left them in place.
