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Stories of the artists and peoples behind the work: the sculptors, tribes, and traditions that have shaped our collection.
Damian Manuhwa
Damian Manuhwa was born in 1972 in Harare, a generation removed from the Workshop School artists who founded the Shona sculptural movement. Coming of age in post-independence Zimbabwe, he encountered...
Tinashe Makaza
Tinashe Makaza was born in 1980 and belongs to the youngest generation of sculptors in York’s Shona Gallery’s representation. He came of age as Zimbabwe’s 2000s economic crisis disrupted cultural...
Lincon Muteta
Lincon Muteta was born in 1978 in Harare and represents the fourth generation of the Shona sculptural tradition, artists who came of age not in the founding moment of the...
The Masaai Tribe
The Maasai are a Nilotic ethnic group inhabiting the semi-arid savannah of southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. Distinguished by their distinctive red shukas, elaborate beadwork, and warrior traditio...