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Zimbabwe's aspiring female artists still 'frowned upon'

Fadzai Muchemwa, National Art Gallery curator, looks at Nothando Chiwanga's art piece, "Immortal", in Harare, Friday, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

A self-portrait shows Nothando Chiwanga covering her face with a yellow miner's helmet while money spills over the edge of a traditional African reed basket she holds in her lap.

The artwork, a collage called "Immortal," challenges age-old gender roles in a strongly patriarchal country like Zimbabwe by juxtaposing a helmet from an overtly male-dominated job with a delicately woven basket commonly used by women at markets.

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