Shelton Shavi
Shelton was born in Epworth, outside of Harare, in 1982, one of seven children. He went through the equivalent of 9th grade, stopping because the family had no money to pay school fees. He came to Weya in 2000 because life was difficult in the city. He stays with his aunt and helps her with agriculture, but it is not fulfilling work and provides him with no money. He began to study painting with his half-sister, artist Alletah Chehore, in 2002. “Art was my best subject when I was in school and I want to make some money.”