Zimbabwean female artists tell stories through sculpture

STORY: Zimbabwean female artists tell stories through sculpture DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:22 LOCATION: CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of artist working on a stone 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona) SIMELOKUHLE ZIBENGWA, Stone sculptor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Shona) SIMELOKUHLE ZIBENGWA, Stone sculptor 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Shona) SIMELOKUHLE ZIBENGWA, Stone sculptor 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English) LORRAINE MAMVURA, Stone sculptor 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English) LORRAINE MAMVURA, Stone sculptor 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Shona) AGNES MPARIWA, Stone sculptor STORYLINE: Simelokuhle Zibengwa, a Zimbabwean stone sculptor, uses figurative art in the form of rabbits to tell stories of human life, particularly women's day-to-day struggles. Her works narrate different tales through the use of stone-carved sculpture. SOUNDBITE 1 (Shona) SIMELOKUHLE ZIBENGWA, Stone sculptor "I am a stone sculptor. I focus on rabbits. The rabbits are not realistic wild rabbits. They are creative abstracts, and they describe human lives." S

ZIMBABWE-CHITUNGWIZA-ARTS CENTER-FEMALE ARTISTS

ZIMBABWE-CHITUNGWIZA-ARTS CENTER-FEMALE ARTISTS

(220324) -- CHITUNGWIZA (ZIMBABWE), March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Simelokuhle Zibengwa, a stone sculptor at Chitungwiza Arts Center, works on a rock to make a sculpture in Chitungwiza, a town south of Harare, Zimbabwe, on March 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Tafara Mugwara) TO GO WITH Feature: Zimbabwean female artists tell stories through sculpture

ZIMBABWE-CHITUNGWIZA-ARTS CENTER-FEMALE ARTISTS

ZIMBABWE-CHITUNGWIZA-ARTS CENTER-FEMALE ARTISTS

(220324) -- CHITUNGWIZA (ZIMBABWE), March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Simelokuhle Zibengwa, a stone sculptor at Chitungwiza Arts Center, polishes her sculpture in Chitungwiza, a town south of Harare, Zimbabwe, on March 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Tafara Mugwara) TO GO WITH Feature: Zimbabwean female artists tell stories through sculpture

ZIMBABWE-CHITUNGWIZA-ARTS CENTER-FEMALE ARTISTS

ZIMBABWE-CHITUNGWIZA-ARTS CENTER-FEMALE ARTISTS

(220324) -- CHITUNGWIZA (ZIMBABWE), March 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Simelokuhle Zibengwa, a stone sculptor at Chitungwiza Arts Center, shows her rabbit sculptures in Chitungwiza, a town south of Harare, Zimbabwe, on March 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Tafara Mugwara) TO GO WITH Feature: Zimbabwean female artists tell stories through sculpture