Edward Chiwawa (born 1935) comes from the Shona people of Kore Kore from a district northwest of Guruwe about 150 kilometers from Harare. He initially worked as a carpenter. From 1967 he learned sculpture from his cousin Henry Munyaradzi. From 1970 to 1973, he lived in the artists' village of Tengenenge, after which he moved to the working-class suburb of Chitungwiza south of Haare. His wife Sherita (a sister of Henry Munyaradzi), his daughters and his sons Cragemia and Macloud are independent artists and work in his workshop. Edward Chiwawa is one of the best-known representatives of Zimbabwe's first generation of modern sculptors. His basic motifs are aspects of the universe such as the sun and moon, to which he gives serious human faces with geometrically shaped features. His famous "Moonheads" made of serpentine or opal radiate a fascinating magic in their abstraction. In contrast to some younger sculptors who see stone merely as a material, Chiwawa - like many sculptors of the 'first generation' - allows the stone to retain its dignity. "The stone speaks for itself," he said.