Spoon (Museum Accession Number R6044/3)
This spoon was made in Cuba and issued, as part of a kit, to soldiers in the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), an armed faction of the socialist Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) political party. The spoon belonged to Charles Makhuya, a guerrilla/freedom fighter with ZIPRA in the 1970s. Collected as part of the Fashioning Africa project.
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Place: Cuba, Caribbean, North America
Date: 1970s