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Bronson Gengezha
Bronson Gengezha (born April 21, 1981) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. A native of Dzivarasekwa, Gengezha attended Ellis Robins School where he took a special interest in art history. He credits his father, Temba Gengezha, as his greatest inspiration. From 1975 until his death in 2001, Temba Gengezha's sculptures were popular and celebrated both locally and abroad for their style and artistry . As a child, Gengezha played with stones on the floor of his father's workshops, but it was not until 1998 that he began sculpting and hone his artistic vision under the tutelage of his father. Gengezha's inherent creativity is evident in the skill, originality and attention to detail, which is characteristic of his work. He credits Chituwa Jemali and Dominic Benhura as largely influential in his decision to maintain a unique and distinctive style of Shona art. Gengezha has collaborated with many noted Zimbabwean sculptors through his connection to Chapungu Sculpture Park. Bronson Gengezha is m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dzivarasekwa
Dzivarasekwa is a suburb of western Harare, Zimbabwe. History Dzivarasekwa is a suburb of Harare that was set up on the site and services approach. It is represented as the constituency of Dzivarasekwa. It consists of Dzivarasekwa 1, 2, 3, 4 and Dzivarasekwa Extension. The latter is a squatted informal settlement in wetlands on the periphery of the suburb. By 2021, the government had introduced a plan to build 88 blocks each holding 14 flats, as part of a slum upgrading plan for Dzivarasekwa. It is also popular for its nyau groups namely villa 1, yellow yellow and many other small groups. Widely known nyau people from the suburb include Brongo, Charisi, Diva Chikarire and Rasi. Night life is vibrant in the suburb with Dzivaresekwa 1 infamous for prostitutes, and Suncity bar and Hub24 bar & grill being the go to places for revellers. Notable inhabitants *Tendai Biti *Bronson Gengezha Bronson Gengezha (born April 21, 1981) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. A native of Dzivarase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellis Robins School
, established = 1953 , type = Public, Boarding , affiliation = , district = , grades = Form 1 to 6 , president = , principal = , head_of_school = Mr C. Mazonde , faculty = , staff = , students = , enrollment = 948+ , houses = 4 , athletics = , athletics_conference = , colors = Blue & Gold , mascot = Dolphins , nickname = Fush , newspaper = The Robins Monitor , campus_type = Urban , campus_size = , Alumni = , free_text2 = , free_label3 = , free_text3 = , location = Sherwood Drive, Mabelreign, Harare , country = Zimbabwe , information = , website = Ellis Robins School is a Zimbabwean boys' high school that was founded in Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1953. It is located in the suburb of Mabelreign in Salisbury (now called Harare). Next door is Mabelreign Girls High School, the school's sister school. The Ellis Robins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temba Gengezha
Temba is a male given name and may refer to; * Temba Bavuma, a South African cricketer * Temba, Gauteng, a town located in the Gauteng province of South Africa * Paul Temba Nyathi, Zimbabwean politician * Temba Tsheri, Sherpa from Nepal and youngest person to climb Mount Everest * Brian Temba, (born Brian Themba Makiwane), a South African born performer, singer, songwriter and producer *Another name for the Tém The Tém (also known as the Temba or Kotokoliare) an ethnic group of Togo, but also found in Benin and Ghana. There is reported to be about 417,000 of the Tém, with 339,000 in Togo, 60,000 in Ghana and 18,000 in Benin. They speak the Tem languag ... people who live primarily in Togo *Temba is an open source model for sharing electrical power across Africa {{given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Benhura
Dominic Benhura (born 1968) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. Benhura was born in Murewa, to the northeast of arare His father died before his birth, and he was raised by his mother. As he was an excellent student, it was suggested that he be sent to Salisbury for further studies. His uncle had a home in the suburb of Tafara, and Benhura went to live there at the age of ten; he lived with his cousin Tapfuma Gutsa, already a well-known sculptor. Benhura began polishing his cousin's sculptures, but soon began carving himself, making small offcuts before moving onto large stone. He sold his first piece at twelve. Despite having no formal training, Benhura turned to sculpting full-time upon the finish of his schooling, showing his work at the Chapungu Sculpture Park for the first time in 1987. He joined the resident artist program there in 1990, staying until acquiring a home in Athlone, Harare, in 1995. Through the program he worked on larger pieces; he also began traveling duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shona Art
Sculpture and in particular stone sculpture is an art for which Zimbabwe is well known around the world. Origins Central Zimbabwe contains the "Great Dyke" – a source of serpentine rocks of many types including a hard variety locally called springstone. An early precolonial culture of Shona peoples settled the high plateau around 900 AD and “Great Zimbabwe”, which dates from about 1250–1450 AD, was a stone-walled town showing evidence in its archaeology of skilled stone working. The walls were made of a local granite and no mortar was used in their construction. When excavated, six soapstone birds and a soapstone bowl were found in the eastern enclosure of the monument, so art forms in soapstone were part of that early culture and local inhabitants were already artistically predisposed, fashioning works from various natural materials such as fibres, wood, clay, and stone for functional, aesthetic, and ritual purposes. However, stone carving as art had no direct lineage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapungu Sculpture Park
The Chapungu Sculpture Park is a sculpture park in Msasa, Harare, Zimbabwe, which displays the work of Zimbabwean stone sculptors. It was founded in 1970 by Roy Guthrie, who was instrumental in promoting the work of its sculptors worldwide. One way this was done was by exhibiting the sculptures in Botanical Gardens in a touring exhibition called "Chapungu: Custom and Legend — A Culture in Stone". The places visited include: *(1999) Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa *(2000) Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew,Catalogue published by Chapungu Sculpture Park, 2000, 136pp printed in full colour, with photographs by Jerry Hardman-Jones and text by Roy Guthrie (no ISBN) London, United Kingdom, *(2001) Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, USA *(2001) Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, Superior, USA *(2002) Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Salt Lake City, USA *(2003) Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, USA *(2003) Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago USA *(2004) Denv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serpentine Group
Serpentine subgroup (part of the kaolinite-serpentine group in the category of phyllosilicates) are greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals commonly found in serpentinite. They are used as a source of magnesium and asbestos, and as decorative stone. The name comes from the greenish colour and smooth or scaly appearance from the Latin , meaning "serpent rock". Serpentine subgroup is a set of common rock-forming hydrous magnesium iron phyllosilicate () minerals, resulting from the metamorphism of the minerals that are contained in mafic to ultramafic rocks. They may contain minor amounts of other elements including chromium, manganese, cobalt or nickel. In mineralogy and gemology, serpentine may refer to any of the 20 varieties belonging to the serpentine subgroup. Owing to admixture, these varieties are not always easy to individualize, and distinctions are not usually made. There are three important mineral polymorphs of serpentine: antigorite, lizardite and chrysotile. Serpen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lepidolite
Lepidolite is a lilac-gray or rose-colored member of the mica group of minerals with chemical formula . It is the most abundant lithium-bearing mineral and is a secondary source of this metal. It is the major source of the alkali metal rubidium. Lepidolite is found with other lithium-bearing minerals, such as spodumene, in pegmatite bodies. It has also been found in high-temperature quartz veins, greisens and granite. Description Lepidolite is a phyllosilicate mineral and a member of the polylithionite-trilithionite series. Lepidolite is part of a three-part series consisting of polylithionite, lepidolite, and trilithionite. All three minerals share similar properties and are caused because of varying ratios of lithium and aluminum in their chemical formulas. The Li:Al ratio varies from 2:1 in polylithionite up to 1.5:1.5 in trilithionite. Lepidolite is found naturally in a variety of colors, mainly pink, purple, and red, but also gray and, rarely, yellow and colorless. Because ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwean Sculptors
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, followed by the Rozvi and Mutapa empires. The British South Africa Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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