Libèra kurora – The (eye) is for looking.
Lebera Kurora is a Rwandan Proverb that translates to »The (eye) is for looking«. The piece was inspired by the Tutsi Tribe from Rwanda/Burundi. I was particularly drawn to the »Amasunzu« traditional hairstyle.
The beautiful crest-like troughs were traditionally adorned by Rwandan men and unmarried women after the age 18-20 years to indicate that they were of marriageable age. The hairstyle is sadly not very common in Tutsi communities in modern times.
Dananayi Muwanigwa, Harare/Zimbabwe — Web Resident »Ghosted 2018«
Dananayi Muwanigwa is a 28-year-old self-taught digital illustrator based in Harare, Zimbabwe.
He uses 2 primary tools to produce his work, namely a Wacom drawing tablet and Adobe Dananayi has been using digital painting as a medium for the past 6 years drawing inspiration from Afrofuturism, fantasy and entertainment media.
In 2017 Dananayi was part of the Fak’ ugesi Digital Art Residency where he collaborated with Julia Hango and Kombo Chapfika. The Residency led to his first solo Augmented Reality exhibition in Harare funded by British Council Zw.