Agnes Mpofu: Agnes Mpofu is one of the women who produce paintings and appliquéd cloths through the Weya Community Training Centre, a rural co-operative in Macheke, Zimbabwe.It was initiated in 1982 and is funded by theWest German Weldtfriedesdienst. The aim was to provide people with skills which would stimulate small income-generating businesses. Mpofu is also known as Mai Benjamin, or mother of Benjamin, according to the practice of naming women after their first-born sons. Works Hupenyu hwe shirikadze muZimbabwe (The life of a widow in Zimbabwe) (1990) appliquéd cloth 110 x 80 Barika (Polygamy) (1994) appliquéd cloth