Tafunga Bonjisi (born 1982) is a

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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. Born a

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Ruwa Ruwa is a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, situated 22 km south-east of Harare on the main Harare-Mutare highway and railway line. Overview It serves as a small administrative and trading centre for the surrounding mixed farming area. In re ...

, Bonjisi is the brother of sculptors

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and

Lameck Bonjisi Lameck Bonjisi (1973 – 8 November 2004) was a Zimbabwean sculptor. The brother of Witness and Tafunga Bonjisi, both of whom he mentored, Bonjisi began sculpting full-time at 17. He worked for a time as an assistant to Nicholas Mukomberanwa ...

; he attended

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in Ruwa and

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. He studied sculpture with Lameck before beginning a solo career in 2000. He has worked in

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and springstone, among other media.

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1982 births Living people Zimbabwean sculptors Zimbabwean twins People from Mashonaland East Province 21st-century sculptors {{Zimbabwe-sculptor-stub