| Tashanda was founded in February 2006 to design, retail and wholesale art and lifestyle crafts from Zimbabwe, Africa. It is our mission to participate in the fight against global poverty, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. We believe it is our responsibility as human beings to play a part no matter how small. We also believe that developing countries need opportunities for employment creation rather than handouts, and a website such as this one is one way of supporting employment creation. |
Our beautiful products are sourced from both disadvantaged artisans as well as well established Zimbabwean brands. Tashanda also designs its own products under the brand name Afrobag using the skills of self-employed artisans such as batik artists, natural bead jewellers etc... By showcasing all these works we are able to improve our product range and create an additional retail platform for our producer partners. For those of you who are also from Africa and are currently living overseas, we hope our website will bring you comfort and bring back good memories of our beautiful continent. Finally, each product has a story and we have made every effort to communicate that story to you through our blogspot http://tashanda-africa.blogspot.com/, where we discuss issues related to arts & crafts, poverty, employment creation, life and culture in Zimbabwe, Africa. We're proud to be the chosen sales representatives of our continent's work and we hope you will enjoy shopping with us..... What some of our customers are saying: AFROBAGS: "NICE!!!!!" On December 12th, 2007 Empress D. of VA also says: "These bags are the best! I wanted to buy all of them :-) I will just have to settle for one for the time being. Give thanks for the link." OTHER PRODUCTS: "great, item better than described, fast shipping good communicationAAAAAA" itsadilly (Texas, USA) "quick" annieplain (North Carolina, USA)) "A+++ GREAT PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH... .....THANKS" r.van.der.veur (Netherlands) "Good Communication, very pleasant experience..." pndavis1 (Nice, France) "I received the sculpture yesterday and I love it!" (USA) "thanks again, and please send Norest my compliments and my thanks for sharing his art with the world…" (Kentucky, USA) |
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| From Africa with love... |
Rural homes
| Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This is officially one of the seven natural wonders of the world. It attracts over 300,000 visitors a year. Best time to visit is between February and May |
| Baboon helps himself to some tap water |