• Traditional wood carvings
• African paintings • Tinga Tinga paintings
• Handicrafts • Household items
• Jewellery • Textiles • Souvenirs

Muungano Makonde Carvings and Handicrafts is a community-based organisation of over fifty extraordinarily talented local artists who create and sell traditional African wood carvings, paintings, textiles, jewellery and other handicrafts.The cooperative (muungano = union) was formed in 1987 by craftsmen from the tribe of the Makonde (originally from Southern Tanzania) who are well-known for their extraordinary skills in producing ebony wood carvings. Today, artists of more than ten tribes are working at the cooperative together.

Most goods are directly handcrafted by the artists on site.By purchasing art objects and souvenirs from the cooperative, buyers not only avoid marked-up prices from middlemen, but directly support the artists and their families and thus contribute to fair trade in Tanzania.

A training centre is currently being set up in a new banda where art education and training will be provided to young local artists.

In addition, the cooperative supports local environmental projects which aim at the conservation and reforestation of endangered Ebony trees in the Kilimanjaro region.