Artist: Nicolas Kadsungura in his own words

Voice: Nicolas Kadsungura, Chapungu Artist



My name is Nicholas Kadzungura. I'm an artist from Zimbabwe. I started sculpting in 1987 under the guidance of Dominic Benhura, one of our first generation artists in Zimbabwe. Ten years later, I went to Chapungu Sculpture Park when I was invited as a resident artists.

I always like to sculpt people, especially the groups: Teaching Mother to Read, Innocent Victim of Political Violence, and also Sole Proud of My Children. On Teaching Mother to Read, this sculpture is right here in this exhibit. There is long story about it. When Zimbabwe was under the British rule, the elders didn't have the chance to go to school. Now, the children have the chance to go to school and they come back teaching their parents to read and their parents become very proud of their children.

And also I did one which I call Innocent Victim of Political Violence. That I want people to unite and lets not fight.