Rika von Schwerin-Franken studied ceram ics in Germany. In 1982 she emigrated to Botswana. While working in a game lodge she learned traditional Tswana pottery from an elderly local potter.
Continue Reading Akua'ba (sometimes spelled Akwaba or Akuba) are wooden ritual fertility dolls from Southern Ghana and nearby areas. The best known akua’ba are those of the Fanti people, “Fanti Dolls” whose akua'ba have large, disc-like heads. Other tribes in the West Africa region have their own distinctive style of akua'ba.
Continue Reading Takunda Bead Artist is a brain child of talented individuals who identified an opportunity to set up a business project that has its origin from childhood to fulfil a dream of showcasing the wonderful and powerful aspects of art to the world and also to empower the young generation with practical lifelong skills through Art and Craft training.
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