Dito Tembe

Dito Tembe’s artistic career began with studies in animation at the Instituto Nacional de Cinema in Maputo, and piano at Casa da Cultura do Alto Mae in Mozambique. In 1985, Tembe moved to the GDR as a ‘contract worker’ and lived in Schwerin until 1989. Alongside his work at the VEB Kombinat Lederwaren company that contracted him, Tembe kept his painting practice alive, depicting his everyday life experiences in the GDR and memories of his life in Maputo. In the wake of German unification, Tembe returned to Mozambique. He regularly takes part in demonstrations in Maputo to campaign for compensation for former ‘contract workers’ in the GDR.