Robert Mugabe's widow Grace walked behind the coffin of the former Zimbabwe leader during his burial.
Poignant images show the former first lady dressed in a black veil during the private ceremony at his home village in Kutama today.
A coffin containing the body of the former Zimbabwean President was pictured arriving at the rural village, draped in the country's flag.
Priests stood near a portrait of Robert Mugabe , Zimbabwe’s first leader after the country became independent in 1980.
Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on September 6 aged 95 years old.
He led Zimbabwe for 37 years, from independence until he was ousted by the army in November 2017.
Some relatives, expressing bitterness at the way former comrades ousted Mugabe, had pushed for him to be buried in his home village in a 'row' with the government.
President Mnangagwa had declared Mugabe a national hero, indicating he should be buried at the national monument in capital Harare.
Mugabe's family told Al Jazeera it was his wish not to be buried at Haare.
The newspaper's reporter Haru Mutasa said: "His family say Mugabe was very angry at the way he was removed from power by the army.
"He did not want to be buried at the National Heroes Acre shrine, according to the family.
"The issue of where Mugabe should be buried has divided the country. The public have no say in where he will be buried."
Mugabe held on to power for almost four decades before being ousted in the 2017 coup.
He was feted as a champion of racial reconciliation when he came to power in 1980 in one of the last African states to throw off white colonial rule.
By the time he was toppled in 2017 to wild celebrations across the country of 13 million, he was viewed by many at home and abroad as a power-obsessed autocrat who unleashed death squads, rigged elections and ruined the economy to keep control.
He seized land from white owners in 2000 and famously declared only God could remove him from office.
