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The generous size of the large wooden salad bowl makes it an excellent housewarming or wedding gift. Add our matching salad servers to create a stunning African serving set to be treasured for years to come.
This bowl has been carefully hand carved by artisans in the Bulawayo region of Zimbabwe from beautifully grained kiatt or Rhodesian teak and hand burned with fantastic safari-inspired designs by artisans in South Africa's Waterberg Biosphere.
As of 2006 about 80,000 people live in the Waterberg, which is considered part of the Bushveld district of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. After cattle grazing wrought ecological havoc in the mid 1900s, the land owners of the region became aware of the benefits of restoring habitat to attract and protect the original species of antelope, white rhino, giraffe, hippopotami, and other species whose numbers dropped in the era of intense cattle grazing.
The rise in eco-tourism has stimulated interest in soil conservation practices to restore original grass species to the Waterberg. Land management practices required are expensive, but repay the landowner with added value of wildlife habitat.
A cross cultural project with an attitude of environmentalism - we think the perfect combination!
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Africa is the second largest of the earth's seven continents and makes up approximately 22 percent of the earth's total land area! The current population of Africa is nearly one billion people. With this in mind it is not a surprise to see the depth and quantity of arts and crafts that come from a place so rich in history, culture and diversity! There is extraordinary and exotic, fascinating and functional, handcrafted and hand woven ~ much of the knowledge being passed down through generations of tribal communities and familial teaching. |
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Luxurious Cotton
This beautiful, plush cotton scarf is a product of a cooperative in Ethiopia which has brought a decent life to a struggling community.
Changing women's lives when they exist in challenging and dangerous conditions is a difficult mission. This cooperative in Sabahar, Ethiopia has grown from a fledgling start-up with 4 employees to a vibrant business employing over 65 full time employees and many more part-time spinners, cotton growers and weavers.
The humid conditions and rich soil in Ethiopia along the Nile River Valley create the perfect conditions to grow long cotton fibers (also known as staples). This allows them to be spun into very fine yarns. These yarns are soft and lustrous yet are very strong and durable.
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Empowering Basket Weavers
Hand-crafted with needles and imigwegwe plant threads by the women of Covanya cooperative in Rwanda, the versatile Indego Africa Plateau Basket adds a vibrant African flourish to your home or office decor. These fair trade African baskets require great skill and up to seven days to weave. With each purchase you empower strong African women to lift themselves out of poverty: 100% of profits are returned to the artisans for training in long-term skills. Enjoy the short YouTube video attached to appreciate the life, beauty and energy of this community.
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Tuareg
The Tuareg are the principal inhabitants of the Saharan interior of North Africa. Their history is as deep and mysterious as the great desert they populate, the link between Maghreb and Sudan, the Mediterranean coast and the river Niger, the Moorish in the West and the mountains in the East.
From their ingenious spirit and creative hands follows an admiration for artisan works, notably for their marvelous silver jewelry.
Tuareg women have a superstitious fear of gold and will not wear it. Silver has thus taken its place in their traditions. Silver jewelry is part of every Tuareg family estate. It has both symbolic and real value, serving also as savings and for (foreign) exchange.
Much of African culture places great emphasis on appearance and therefore on jewelry. African jewelry has been given tremendous attention for centuries.
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