Fanizani Akuda

**Fanizani Akuda**, nke a makwaara dị ka Fanizani Phiri, bụ onye otu ihe ọkpụkpụ a na-akpọkarị "Shona sculpture" (lee Shona art and Art of Zimbabwe), ọ bụ ezie na ya na ụfọdụ ndị ọzọ n'ime ndị otu ya a ma ama abụghị agbụrụ Shona. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ na mbụ na Tengenenge Sculpture Community, nke di kilomita otu narị na iri ise n'ebe ugwu nke Harare dị nso na Guruve, nke ọ sonyeere na 1966.

Fanizani nwụrụ na 5 Febụwarị 2011.

## Mmalite ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Fanizani Akuda, onye agbụrụ Chewa n'afọ 1932 n'ebe bụ Northern Rhodesia mgbe ahụ. Ọ gụghị akwụkwọ ma na 1949 ọ kwagara Southern Rhodesia ịchọ ọrụ. Nke a dugara ya n'iru ọrụ dị ka onye na-ewe ogho, onye na-do brik, na onye na-akpa nkata: site na 1966 ọ na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye njikwa ugbo. Otú ọ dị, n'ihe banyere ihe ịga nke ọma ya dị ka onye na-akpụ ihe na nkume, njem kachasị mkpa bịara n'afọ ahụ mgbe Tom Blomefield nyere ya ọrụ, onye ọrụ ugbo ụtaba na-acha ọcha amụrụ na South-Africa nke ugbo ya na Tengenenge dị nso na Guruve nwere ọtụtụ nkume agwọ kwesịrị ekwesị maka ịkpụ. Fanizani bụbu onye na-egwupụta ihe mana mgbe ọ biri oge ụfọdụ n'obodo ndị na-ese ihe, ọ malitere ịkpụ ihe: nchọta nke a nyere nkwụghachi ego bara uru, ọ ghọrọ onye na-akpụ ihe oge niile ya na ndị ọzọ a ma ama dịka Henry Munyaradzi .

## Ndụ ya mgbe e mesịrị na ihe ngosi
Akuda na nwunye ya Erina nwere ụmụ asaa. Ha hapụrụ Tengenenge na 1975 n'oge agha obodo, ha wee biri na Chitungwiza. Mgbe Zimbabwe nwechaara onwe ya n'afọ 1980, Tengenenge Sculpture Community weghachiri onwe ya dị ka nnukwu ebe a na-akpụ ihe mana Fanizani alaghachighị ebe ahụ. Ọ gara n'ihu ịkpụ ihe n'onwe ya ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ n'afọ 2011.

N'afọ 1988, a jara ihe ọkpụkpụ Fanizani bụ Snake Man mma nke ukwuu na Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition, ihe ngosi kwa afọ *nke* National Gallery of Zimbabwe. Ọzọ n'ime ọrụ ya nke afọ 1988, nke a kpọrọ, *I know you have stolen my eggs* ka egosiri na katalọgụ maka ihe ngosi njem nke gara ebe ndị Europe gụnyere Yorkshire Sculpture Park na 1990

Eleghị anya a maara Akuda nke ọma maka ọrụ 'whistler' ya. N'ime isi ndị a, a na-enye ihu prototypical na anya ya nwere oghere ọnụ dị nro nke nwere oghere dị mfe n'etiti. Nke a na-enye 'whistlers' àgwà ụda olu: site na ịpị mkpịsị aka n'ọnụ ihe ọkpụkpụ ahụ, mmadụ nwere ike ịmepụta ụda njirimara site na egbugbere ọnụ ihe ọkpụkpụ ahụ.

Olivier Sultan kwuru banyere ọrụ ya "Agwa ya dị nro ma na-atọ ọchị, na-amụ amụ mgbe niile, nwekwa anya dị omimi. A na-emekarị ha abụọ ma ọ bụ otu. Nye Fanizani, ezinụlọ na-anọchite anya ụwa uri, na-agagharị n'ịdị mfe ya na ịdị nro ya. " 

### Ngosipụta o mere naanị ma ọ bụ otu

* 1967 ruo 1997: ọtụtụ ihe ngosi ihe nketa kwa afọ na National Gallery, Harare
* 1970 Museum of Malawi, Blantyre
* 1980 "Tengenenge Stone Sculpture from Africa", Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles, USA
* 1981 "Art from Africa", Commonwealth Institute, London, England
* 1982 Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
* 1983 Images in Stone, Earl Sherman Gallery, Camerillo, California, USA
* 1985 "Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture", Kresge Art Museum, Michigan, USA
* 1986 Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, Australia
* 1989 Zimbabwe op de Berg, Foundation Beelden op de Berg, Wageningen, Netherlands
* 1990 Contemporary Stone Carving from Zimbabwe, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
* 1993 Galerie Knud Grothe, Charlottenlund, Denmark
* 1995 *Ointmoetting na Hamonie*, Galerie de Strang, Dodewaard, Netherlands
* 1998 *Zimbabwe stenen Getuigenissen*, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
* 2000 Kew Gardens, London, England
* 2005 The Legend of Zimbabwe's Stone Sculpture: Fanizani Akuda, solo retrospective, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
* 2006 Master Sculptors of Zimbabwe, Group exhibition, Italy

## Ọgụgụ ọzọ

* Mor F. (1987) "Shona Sculpture". Jongwe Printing and Publishing Co, Harare.
* Winter-Irving C. “Stone Sculpture in Zimbabwe”, Roblaw Publishers (A division of Modus Publications Pvt. Ltd), 1991,  (Paperback)   (Cloth bound)
* Winter-Irving C. “Pieces of Time: An anthology of articles on Zimbabwe’s stone sculpture published in The Herald and Zimbabwe Mirror 1999–2000”. Mambo Press, Zimbabwe, 2004,  
* Joosten, Ben. Ndị na-ese ihe si Zimbabwe: ọgbọ mbụ. Dodewaard, Netherlands: Galerie de Strang, 2001. 400pp.

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