By Cynthia Matonhodze

With the advent of covid 19 and the subsequent shutdown of many countries at the beginning of 2020, some Zimbabweans living and working outside the country found themselves suddenly unemployed and facing the hard decision of returning home as they could no longer afford to sustain themselves. How Did You Survive? records the objects and personal rituals that helped some of them overcome the journey back home, being in government quarantine and finally adjusting to a new life. Objects that they have kept and that tell their stories, how they survived and are surviving.