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ZIMBABWE STONE SCULPTURE
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Independence from the Rhodesian Government. But he left behind a legacy of helping to launch and give artistic direction to a new and unique sculpture movement.
Tom Blomefield and Tengenenge
In 1966, there was a new development. Tom Blomefield, a tobacco farmer of Dutch extraction in Guruve (previously Sipililo) in the north east of the country, found that the agricultural prices were being affected by the severe sanctions imposed on Rhodesia for declaring Unilateral Independence from Britain in 1965. He was told by Crispen Chakanyuka, who came from Guruve and was a pupil of Joram Mariga, that he could use the abundant serpentine stone on his farm for carving.
Keen to find another source of income, Blomefield decided to try to do this and he enlisted the support of some of the amateur artists on the farm. Many of the workers on the farm were from Zambia and Malawi