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African
Arts & Crafts
Extraordinary, exotic and unique African arts and crafts, sourced from across Africa and brought together for curious homes, thoughtful retailers and collectors.
- Handmade by ArtisansSupporting skills and traditions
- Sourced Across AfricaCurated with care and purpose
- Authentic & EthicalReal materials, real impact
- Thoughtful PackagingBeautifully wrapped, always
Our Collections
Explore African Craftsmanship
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Wooden Items
Hand-carved pieces shaped by African craft traditions.
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Soapstone Items
Decorative and useful pieces made through artisan work.
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Beaded Items
Colourful containers and woven beaded designs.
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Kiondos
Generationally inherited basket weaving with character.
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Traditional Baskets
Natural fibres, hand weaving and singular patterns.
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Masks
Expressive carved forms for collected spaces.
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Beads & Vases
Colour, texture and hand-finished detail.
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Flower Vases
Sculptural accents for a home or collection.
About Top African Craft
A collection with a point of view.
Welcome to Top African Craft: an extraordinary, exotic and unique collection of African arts and craft products, offered at competitive prices.
We bring together incomparable artefacts and hand-carved items from across Africa. The source catalogue also records a history of exporting beautiful handcrafted tribal African arts to the USA and Canada.
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Materials & making
Craft is the detail you can feel.
From wood fashioned with a sharp handheld implement to the patient rhythm of handwoven beadwork, each material has its own language.
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Beaded Baskets
The catalogue describes handwoven beaded baskets lovingly handcrafted by women from the Maasai and Kikuyu communities, using coloured beads on wire to create meticulous patterns.
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Wood Carvings
Through fashioning and ornamenting wood by cutting with a sharp handheld implement, the collection brings together expressive wooden items.
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Soapstone
Top African Craft’s source text describes working directly with artisans from the indigenous Abagusii community in Nyanza County, Kenya.
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A considered edit of the catalogue for quick browsing, thoughtful gifting and spaces that want a little more character.
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Natural grass reeds & sisal fibresFrom the basket collection
African Traditional Baskets
The source catalogue describes baskets hand-woven using natural grass reeds and sisal fibres. They are durable, colourful and unique, while the generational weaving of Kiondos gives every piece its own character.
Explore Sisal Baskets and Kiondos for natural texture, considered pattern and artisan production.
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Our aims
Crafting opportunity through African art.
Top African Craft aims to help create a sustainable solution to poverty through employment, education and product design, enabling artisans to make a better life for themselves and their families.
Our ImpactLearn through making
Basket Weaving Training
The source catalogue documents basket weaving training sessions, showing people learning and working with natural fibres. Contact Top African Craft to enquire about training.
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Interested in our African crafts?
Retailers, wholesalers, collectors and interested buyers are welcome to contact Top African Craft about products and availability.