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Erhuardt Muchenwa
Erhuardt Muchenwa was born 1987 Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Lives and works in Lesotho got his Diploma in Graphic design and new Media at the Zimbabwean Institute of Vigital Arts, his first job was at Danes Design a design house in Harare Zimbabwe responsible for Digital illustration, packaging design and animation in 2007 to 2008. Further moved to Johannesburg to work for Limeblue Design , focusing on illustration and design in 2009 to 2010. In 2009 Erhuardt was selected as one of the winners in the Good 50x70 poster contest and was featured on www.good50x70.org and in the book published. He has been in number of exhibitions in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Lesotho

The concept of the Tshirt design series shows Ambuya Nehanda Nyakasikana in bold and colourful style to fit in the ever-changing and vibrant culture of pop and streetwear the rays behind her back represent her Mane since she was a Mhondoro and still is in spirit, the necklace and the Zimbabwean bird she holds in her hands which is redesigned to look like the Sankofa ideogram. Sankofa is a word in Twi language of Ghana which translates as ‘go back and get it’, this design seeks to communicate to everyone especially the future generations to always look back for inspiration from our cultures, ancestors and traditions.

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