Art & Craft shopping in Kenya
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Bombolulu Workshops & Cultural Centre
This nonprofit organisation produces crafts of a very high standard and gives vocational training to hundreds of physically disabled people. You can visit the workshops and showroom for free to buy jewellery, clothes, carvings and other crafts, or enter the cultural centre to tour mock-ups of traditional homesteads in the grounds, where various activities take place. Bombolulu matatus run here from Msanifu Kombo St, and Bamburi services in either direction also pass the centre.
The turn-off for the centre is on the left about 3km north of Nyali bridge.
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Malindi Handicrafts Cooperative
A good place to buy handicrafts is this community project on the outskirts of Malindi. It employs numerous local artisans, and the woodcarvings are of a high quality. To get there, turn off the main road to Mombasa near the BP petrol station; the centre is 2km along a dirt road, opposite the community clinic.
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Akamba Handicraft Industry Cooperative Society
This cooperative employs an incredible 10,000 people from the local area. It's also a nonprofit organisation and produces very fine animal woodcarving. Kwa Hola/Magongo matatus run right past the gates from the Kobil petrol station on Jomo Kenyatta Ave. Many coach tours from Mombasa also stop here.
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Gallery Watatu
If you want fine Kenyan art, this is a good place to check out what's happening prior to investing your hard-earned. There's a permanent display here and many of the items are for sale, but be prepared to part with at least around KSh20,000 just for something small.
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Undugu Craft Shop
Another good charitable venture, this nonprofit organisation supports community projects in Nairobi and has very good-quality crafts.
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