EDITOR – I RECENTLY went back to Bulawayo after some time and it was a pleasant surprise to see the statue of Cde Joshua Nkomo in Main Street. It is about time we erect more such memorials and statues of our nation or even artworks that tell our story as a people. We have plenty of internationally recognised artistes and other unknown hidden talents among our people who can be commissioned to produce such works. The art gallery has taken a magnificent lead in exhibiting portraits done by local and young artistes on our local heroes. It is commendable, such art is timeless. These symbols will tell our story even when whole generations have passed. They create a national consciousness. Living in a foreign country one comes across many such symbols that instill pride in their people. I saw in one article in your paper where you mentioned how every year the Queen and her family are constantly visiting monuments and placing flowers in all their territories even in Australia where the indigenous people still exist. One European writer once said to liquidate a people you must take away its memory. You destroy its books, its culture and its history. And then others write other books for it gives another culture to it, invent another history for it. Then the people slowly begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world at large forgets it still faster. The time is now lest we forget. Maud Harare