Norbert Shamuyarira

Norbert Shamuyarira (born 1962) is a Zimbabwean sculptor.[1] [2] [3]

A native of Chinhoyi, Shamuyarira lost his mother at the age of nine; soon after her death, his father deserted the family. His brother later committed suicide. He started sculpting in 1979, working for four years with Bernard Takawira in Chitungwiza.

References

  1. Sultan, Olivier; Fernandes, Peter (1999). Life in stone: Zimbabwean sculpture : birth of a contemporary art form. Baobab Books. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-1-77909-023-2. Retrieved 28 March 2011.


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