Crafty Stories
Each of our hand crafted pieces simultaneously tells the story of its crafter who battles the effects of poverty related issues. Therefore, when you purchase an African Home product, you bring a touch of Africa into your home. We’d like to introduce you to some of our family members…. |  |
| Meet our core staff at African Home: Claudette our managing director, Jared our sales manager, Peter our marketing manager and Teri, our product and social development facilitator welcome you into our home… |  |
WADZANAI is a woman of many talents. Many of our jewellery pieces, stitch work and bags are her creations... |  |
VICTOR’s partnership with African Home is many years strong. He is a master craftsman in wirework and recycled tin can craft and has empowered many others with his projects. |  |
| MASIPHULISANE is a women’s craft group producing exciting original creations out of recycled materials. Learn more about these four special entrepreneurs… |  |
| ISAAC and his team transform recycled plastic into colourful creations. Find out about the man behind the rainbow chickens, flamingos, pigs ,zebras and more… |  |
| TIMOTHY is our ‘creative chameleon’ producing crafts in all sorts of forms and materials from telephone wire to tin can to bead and wire and more… |  |
| MNCEDISI He produces anything from aeroplanes and helicopters to motorbikes and cars to even Festive Makarapa Football helmets | |
| DICKSON AND TENDAI are the faces behind those fabulous twisted tin can creations. | |
| FARAI is a wiz at bead and wire… | |
| STAR is truly a star artisan. Find out about her courageous life journey and her jewellery made from recycled paper and cardboard. | |
| PHANNY is our “bottle top” man… | |
MALVERN masterfully manipulates beaten metal into musicians and much more… |
We are members of the World Fair Trade Organisation and Proudly South African