Born on March 16th 1980, Farai Darare was brought up in Murewa, Zimbabwe. Farai started carving when he was seven years old and was inspired to become an artist by his very famous father, Casper Darare. His father wanted his son to go to college and university but Farai said once sculpting is in you, you can never get it out.
Once Farai had finished school in 1996 he started to sell his pieces full time. He took pieces to South Africa to sell and eventually stayed and worked with his father there for four years until his father tragically passed away. At first he started out with creative abstracts but soon he was making stone head and busts especially in African Stone."I think and feel that I have my fathers touch. My strength lies in my amazing ability to create the exact work my father used to carve. After his father's death, Farai returned to Zimbabwe.