Joram Mariga akadanwa (uye akazvitenda kuti ndiye) "Baba veZimbabwean Sculpture" nekuda kwesimba rake munharaunda yevanyanzvi veko kutanga kuma1950 uye kuenderera kusvika pakufa kwake muna 2000. Chivezwa chaaive chikamu chayo chinowanzonzi "chivezwa cheShona", kunyangwe vamwe venhengo dzayo dzinozivikanwa vasiri vaShona . Joram Mariga akafa muna Zvita 2000 achangosvika kuChipatara che bonda mission, zvichitevera tsaona yemotokari. Akazvarwa pedyo neChinhoyi, (yaimbonzi Sinoia) muna 1927 yainzi Southern Rhodesia, Joram Mariga aiva muShona uye aitaura Zezuru, mutauro weko. Akanga ari mwanakomana wesangoma, uye vabereki vake vose vaiva nounyanzvi. Baba vake nevanin'ina vake (Mhangura naDouglas) vaive nyanzvi dzekuveza, amai vake vachigadzira hari . Vose vakatengesa basa ravo kunhengo dzenzanga. Ane makore masere kana kuti mapfumbamwe, akatanga kuveza matanda, uye kuchikoro akakumbanira makirasi okugadzira matanda. Semufudzi, nyaya yake yekutanga yaive yemombe. Joram akapinda chikoro chesekondari kuGoromonzi akadzidza paWaddilove Institute. Akaita zvidzidzo zvekurima uye akashandirwa neAgritex . Basa rake semuvezi mumatombo rakatanga muna 1957 apo akawana matombo esipo yegirini Inyanga (Mwedzi) aitsvagwa kwenguva refu achitungamirira vashandi vekugadzira migwagwa kumabvazuva kweRhodesia. Asingazivi kukosha kwekuwana kwake, akatanga kuishandisa kugadzira midziyo nenhamba duku.