Tandazani Dhlakama

**Tandazani Dhlakama** ke mohlokomedi  le setsebi sa musiamo wa Zimbabwe. Ke mohlokomedi wa Global Africa ho Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) e motseng wa Toronto, Canada.   Dhlakama o tsejwa ka mosebetsi wa hae wa bonono ba Ma-afrika le ba di-diasporic, hammoho le mesebetsi ya  hae ya ho hlophisa Musiamong wa Zeitz wa Bonono ba sejwale-jwale Afrika (Zeitz MOCAA) Cape Town, Afrika Borwa.

## Bophelo ba bonyaneng
Dhlakama o hlahetse Zimbabwe. O na le lengolo la Masters of Arts in Art Gallery le Museum Studies ho tswa Univesithing ya Leeds United Kingdom, le lengolo la Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art and Political Science ho tswa Univesithing ya St. Lawrence e United States.

## Mosebetsi

### Setsi sa dipontsho Zimbabwe
Pele a sebetsa matjhabeng, Dhlakama o sebeditse e le Mohlokomedi wa Thuto le Mananeo a Setjhaba Setsing sa Bohlale sa Naha sa Zimbabwe ho la Harare. Karolong ena, o kentse letsoho dipontshong, matsapeng a thuto, le mananeong a ho buisana le sechaba ka sepheo sa ho tshehetsa mekgwa ya kajeno ya bonono Zimbabwe.

Kwa Harare, Dhlakama o kopanetse mmoho Ditshwantsho Tsena ke Dipale (2017) ka tshebedisano le British Council Zimbabwe, Zimbo Jam le Impact Hub Islington ho la Harare. Dhlakama o sebelitse e le mohlokomeli Tsoko Gallery, sebaka se ikemetseng sa bonono Harare, moo a ileng a hlokomela pontsho ya bona ya pele, Beyond the Body (2016) mme a kenya letsoho ho thehweng ha sebaka seo. Dhlakama o sebeditse e le Mothusi wa Gallery ho Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, St. Lawrence University (2008-2011) mme a kenngwa tshebetsong ho Microspazio Disponibile Art Gallery, Italy (2009); Tizianos Art-Kreemart, USA (2011); le East Street Arts, UK (2015).

Dhlakama e ne e le karolo ya sehlopha sa bahlokomedi bakeng sa Dikopano tsa bo-13 tsa Bamako—African Biennale of Photography (2022) naheng ya Mali. O thehile Paki: Maikutlo a Afro ho tsoa ho Pokello ea Jorge M. Pérez ho El Espacio 23 (2020).

### Zeitz MOCCA
Ka 2017, Dhlakama o ile a ikopanya le Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) e Cape Town, moo a ileng a tšoara maemo a 'maloa a tlhokomelo, ho kenyeletsoa Mothusi oa Mohlokomeli. Nakong ea mosebetsi oa hae, o ile a sebetsa ka har'a sehlopha sa bahlokomeli se eteletsoeng pele ke Koyo Kouoh, eo e neng e le Motsamaisi e Moholo oa Musiamo le Mohlokomeli e Moholo.

Ho Zeitz MOCAA, Dhlakama o hlophisitse le ho kopanya lipontšo tse 'maloa tse kholo, ho kenyeletsoa Bhobh Tse hlano: Ho Penta Qetellong ea Nako (2018); Ha re re Bona: Lekholo la Lilemo la Papiso ea Batho ba Batšo ho Penta (co-curator, 2022); Ho Thunya Babylona: Tracey Rose Retrospective (co-curator, 2022); le Seekers, Seers, Soothsayers (2023).

O bile le seabo liphuputsong tsa setheo, mererong ea bohlophisi, le ho thehoeng ha Zeitz MOCAA-University of the Western Cape Museum Fellowship Program ka 2021.

### Mosiamo wa Royal Ontario
Ka Hlakubele 2025, Dhlakama o ile a khethoa hore e be Mohlokomeli oa Lefatše la Afrika Musiamong oa Royal Ontario. Karolong ena, o okametse tlhaloso, lipatlisiso, le nts'etsopele ea lipontšo tsa pokello ea musiamo ea Afrika le Afrika ea diasporic le ho kenya letsoho lenaneong la sechaba le leano la mekhatlo le amanang le Global Africa.

## Mokgwa wa tlhokomelo le mosebetsi
Litsi tsa boikoetliso ba Dhlakama tse mabapi le ditebello tsa Maafrika le tsa diasporic, mekgwa ya dimusiamo tsa decolonial, le kamano dipakeng tsa pokello ya nalane le tshebetso ya bonono ya sejwale-jwale. Mosebetsi wa hae hangata o na le dipotso tsa boemedi, mohopolo, le boitsebahatso ba Maafrika lefatsheng ka bophara.[11]

Dhlakama e bile setho sa lekhotla la dikhau tsa Sony World Photography, London (2023), Moputso wa Contemporary African Photography (2023) hape e ne e le karolo ya Sehlopha se Khethang Moputso wa Pérez wa 2021, Miami (2021).

Ka 2026 Dhlakama o ile a rehoa hara Balebedi ba Maafrika ba 50 ba nang le Tshusumetso ya 2025.[12]

## Mehlodi