Edward Chiwawa was a Zimbabwean sculptor born in 1935 in a district northwest of Guruve, some 150 kilometres from Harare. He came to sculpture in 1960 through his cousin Henry Munyaradzi, learning the practice at his side. From 1970 he was a resident of the Tengenenge Sculpture Community, selling his pieces from there although he chose not to move in permanently; he later worked from Harare.
His work is typically heavily abstracted, frequently returning to the motif of a strongly stylised, rounded human face. There is a quiet authority in those faces — an expression of intent calm that draws and holds the viewer. He has spoken of letting the stone itself dictate the form: in his own words, the stone speaks for itself.
From the 1980s onwards he exhibited internationally, with shows in London, Frankfurt, Sydney, Melbourne, Rome and Paris, and won first prize at the 7th International Small Sculpture Exhibition in Budapest in 1987. He died in October 2022 at the age of 87. He is regarded as one of the oldest active members of the first generation of Zimbabwean stone sculptors.