Fanizani Akuda, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Fanizani Akuda

Sculptor in stone, who worked in Zimbabwe

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1932

Date of Death: 05-Feb-2011

Profession: artist, sculptor

Nationality: Zimbabwe

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Fanizani Akuda, also known as Fanizani Phiri, was a member of the sculptural movement usually called "Shona sculpture" (see Shona art and Art of Zimbabwe), although he and some others of its recognised members were not ethnically Shona.
He worked initially at the Tengenenge Sculpture Community, 150 km north of Harare near Guruve, which he joined in 1966. Fanizani died on 5 February 2011.