 In 1989 he was invited by his friend Square Chikwanda to come work at the Tengenenge Sculpture Community; he spent the next six months there learning from Chikwanda before moving to Harare.There he met and worked under Joseph Ndandarika, whose influence may still be seen in his work.At Ndandarika's death in 1991, Mhondorohuma moved to Hatfield to work on his own.