Tengenenge

Tengenenge
Village
Tengenenge is located in Zimbabwe
Tengenenge
Tengenenge
Tengenenge in Zimbabwe
Coordinates: 16°43′51″S 30°56′39″E / 16.73083°S 30.94417°E / -16.73083; 30.94417
CountryZimbabwe Zimbabwe
ProvinceMashonaland Central
DistrictGuruve
Population
 • Estimate 
(2017)[1]
450
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)
Websitewww.tengenengeartcommunity.com
Henry Munyaradzi working with serpentine stone from Tengenenge
1973 carving of an eagle by Bernard Matemera

Tengenenge is a community of artists and their families located in the Guruve District of Zimbabwe. It has achieved international recognition because of the large number of sculptors who have lived and worked there since 1966. These include Fanizani Akuda, Bernard Matemera, Sylvester Mubayi, Henry Munyaradzi and Bernard Takawira.[2]

  1. ^ Nyavaya, Kennedy (5 March 2017). "How Tengenenge Arts Centre lost its shimmer". The Standard. Harare. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. ^ Winter-Irving, Celia (1995). Stone Sculpture in Zimbabwe. Roblaw Publishers. p. 210. ISBN 0908309147.