"My fashion design experience has laid the foundation for my creative work. My curiosity and creative wandering has driven me to explore storytelling through photography, and film. This has led me to work in wardrobe and project coordination roles for a variety of music videos and film productions. I have a strong creative vision, voice, and administrative experience that enable me to understand and contribute to the development of successful and impactful visual works."
- Danayi Madondo
- Danayi Madondo
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ABOUT
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"Our existence in itself is a conversation with the Divine. With the understanding that we are constantly engaging with something bigger, may we act with love & accountability for all of creation." - Sheila Nortley | Screen Writer & Film Maker |
Danayi Madondo, is a Zimbabwean fashion designer, textile artist & multidisciplinary visual storyteller based in Harare. Her practice embraces an immersive storytelling approach, researching and developing sustainable cultural design traditions. Passionate about sustainable design that is rooted in regenerative materials & waste reduction. Danayi uses fashion as a vehicle to tell nuanced stories that explore Zimbabwean and broader African experiences. These stories serve as an archive, promoting cultural preservation, evolution, and creative expression. Through traditional design experimentation, she expands cultural discourse.
Danayi's textile works emerge from an intuitive and contemplative process that prioritizes the sensory experience. She interweaves diverse global and local traditional handcrafts, resulting in texturally rich textiles crafted through a regenerative design approach that minimizes textile waste. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
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CV
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PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
2023 University of Texas @ Austin College of Natural Science - Guest Lecturer (Austin, Texas, USA) 2023 Creative DNA @ IATF - Intra Africa Trade Show (Cairo, Egypt) 2023 British Textile Biennale - Fashion Futures Round Table (Blackburn, United Kingdom) 2023 British Council x Fashion Scout Creative DNA: Africa Programme (London, United Kingdom) 2022 TAG Festival -The Arts Gathering: Full Circle - Exhibitionist (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2022 Prohelvetia x MotoRepublik – Cut From The Same Cloth Collaborative Training - Mentor (Zambia & Zimbabwe) 2021 StarFMs – The 360 Music Review - Image Strategy Panelist (Zimbabwe) 2021 AfriDigitial x The British Council - #CONNECTCREATE: Fashion Masterclass – Speaker (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2021 Creative Tribe ZW - SheVillage Speaker - Speaker (Zimbabwe) 2020 A Banc ABC Zimbabwe Entrepreneurs’ FREE webinar series - Creative Enterpreneurs in the market ready? - Panelist (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2020 Fashion Conversations – Creative Musings - Speaker (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2020 Virtual Fashion Open Studio – One Garment, Many Hands Workshop – Speaker (London, England) 2020 Tamba Africa - NYAKASIKANA: Our Strength is in Our History Workshop – Speaker (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2019 Creative Avenue x The British Council – SCRAPBOOK Fashion Design Sessions - Speaker (Harare, Zimbabwe) |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
2025 British Council Zimbabwe in partnership with the Swiss Embassy – Lead Program Delivery Partner (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2022- 2023 Alkebulan Film by Run-Ngano Creatives Pvt Ltd – Head of Wardrobe Department (Rwanda, Zimbabwe) 2021 Run-Ngano Creatives Pvt Ltd - Production Manager Trainee (Rwanda, Zimbabwe) 2021 The Story of Nehanda by Meso Maviri x Nelned Pictures – Production Coordinator: wardrobe, props & set design (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2020 - 2021 Beyond The Now Digital Campaign by The United Nations Development Program Zimbabwe – Project Coordinator/ Art Director (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2018 Titan Law Polo Runway Show - Production Coordinator (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2018 Omnicor Runway Show - Production Coordinator (Harare, Zimbabwe) |
RECOGNITION
2024 Prince Claus Seed Awardee (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024 JCI 1 of 10 Outstanding Young Persons - Honoree - Cultural Achievement (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2022 European Film Festival Zimbabwe – Winner of Best Sound Editing Award (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2022 European Film Festival Zimbabwe - Nominated for Best Narrative, Best Cinematography & Best Sound Editing (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2022 Style Icon Zimbabwe Awards – Winner of the Stylist of the year Award (Harare, Zimbabwe) 2020 Lablaco's Circular Fashion Summit 1 of 10 BIPOC designers - Honoree - (Paris, France) 2018 Zimbabwe International Women's Awards - Nominated for the Entrepreneur of the year Award (UK, Zimbabwe) 2015 Zimbabwe International Women's Awards - Nominated for Best Emerging Designer (UK, Zimbabwe) POSITIONS
2020 – present Fashion Revolution Zimbabwe - Board Advisor 2021 – 2023 Fashion Council of Zimbabwe - Board Trustee |