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 Province, Zimbabwe, situated 23 km south-east of the capital Harare Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a populatio ...

, Bonjisi is the brother of sculptors

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and Lameck Bonjisi; he attended

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in Ruwa and

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in Tafara. 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 twins People from Mashonaland East Province 21st-century Zimbabwean sculptors {{Zimbabwe-sculptor-stub