Speaker Taurai Valerie Mtake

“Taurai Valerie Mtake is a multi-award winning visual communicator who is particularly interested in the potential of design in contemporary Afrikan visual culture, where traditional cultural practices often become a staged authenticity in which the history of meaning in the objects and designs is often lost, sometimes even to the producers themselves. It is in this way that important indigenous systems have been transfigured in contemporary society, merely as elements of decorative art or a curio for mass consumption. Mtake sees the potential of design to halt this waste and abandon our most valuable cultural resources. Owing to her undying passion for Afrika, in February 2018, Mtake co-founded Nhaka Creative Agency @nhakacreative_agency, which aims to fill a gap in the market producing edutainment material (edutainment and educational). Not only is this material innovative, but it’s also authentic and significant to Afrikans, their identity, and their cultural heritage. Mtake also owns TaVaTake Designs @tavatake_designs, which she started in 2011.
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