Ukama: Mother and Child Shona Sculpture atmospheric art in Atlanta after a confrontation

in Atlanta after a confrontation in a Wendy's parking lot

emerged from the walls of her childhood

and selflessness that go into raising a family and creating a safe haven for loved ones to thrive in

"It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems

Red for the blood that unites all people of Black African ancestry

Ukama: Mother and Child Shona Sculpture atmospheric art in Atlanta after a confrontationThere is no bond older than this one. A mother leans over her child, arms curved into a shelter, and the two shapes wind together until you cannot say where one ends and the other begins. The Ukama Mother and Child sculpture comes from Zimbabwe, hand carved from rapoka, a warm reddish brown serpentine found in local deposits. The artist works it with simple hand held chisels, then finishes the piece the traditional way: sanded smooth, warmed over