Tawineyi Community School

In addition to my sculptural practice, I am the founder of Tawineyi Community School, a grassroots educational initiative located in rural Zimbabwe, named in honour of my late father. The school, (currently under construction) will serve as both an early childhood education centre and a community hub, grounded in the belief that education must be rooted in culture, land, and local knowledge systems. Tawineyi will be more than a school—it will be a community space where young children begin their learning journey not only through literacy and numeracy, but through music, storytelling, traditional farming, gardening, and the arts. A space that honours intergenerational wisdom, fosters community resilience, and will bridge ancestral heritage with future possibilities.

Through a partnership with Education Without Borders, Tawineyi Community School will be able to provide vital resources to the region, empowering local educators and families. The school model is deeply informed by the same philosophy that underpins my art: that knowledge and creativity emerge from relationship—relationship with place, with history, and with one another. In a rapidly globalizing world, Tawineyi will offer a grounded, culturally specific, and sustainable approach to education—one that values tradition as a source of innovation.

Just as I carve stories into stone that has endured through millennia, Tawineyi is my way of carving a future from the ground up—ensuring that children in my home village can grow up seeing themselves reflected in their learning, and can walk confidently into the world with both rootedness and imagination.