2007 Marketplace

South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, Washington
9:00 to 6:00 Daily • August 24–25–26

The lively sounds of marimba and mbira music from Zimbabwe will accompany you while you stroll this festive, open-air musical instrument and crafts marketplace. Zimfest Market offers high quality African musical instruments from Zimbabwean and North American instrument makers. You will find beautifully handcrafted wooden marimbas, mbiras from renowned Zimbabwean mbira makers, African hosho and other percussion, exquisite Shona serpentine sculpture, art from rural Zimbabwean villages, fabric and clothing, a wide selection of southern African and Zimbabwean CDs & tapes, and much more.

2007 Market Vendors

Ancient Ways

Scio, OR

Handmade crafts from the Nhimbe for Progress villages in Zimbabwe including serpentine sculpture, baskets, textiles, children's toys, jewelry, and hosho; also information about our rural Zimbabwe projects.

Dandemutande

Winlaw, BC, Canada

CDs.

Inside Passage

Port Townsend, WA

Hosho.

MyLinda King Hosho

Portland, OR

Hosho, build-your-own-marimba DVDs.

Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center

Eugene, OR

CDs, T-shirts, art from Zimbabwe, African clothing.

Mambokadzi Arts

Tacoma, WA

Fabric wraps, Binga baskets, arts and crafts.

Marimbaworks

Eugene, OR

Marimbas, mallets, hosho.

MBIRA

Berkeley, CA

Mbira instruments in various tunings, mbira CDs, MBIRA t-shirts and sweatshirts; also display about MBIRA activities and mbira workshop sign-up forms.

Mindful Market

Seattle, WA

A variety of fair trade products including hand-carved stones from Zimbabwe; hand-carved wood pieces from Jamaica and East Africa; World music CDs; djembe and steel drums; African clothing and jewelry; children’s items such as games, costumes and puppets.

Owerri Sister City

Gresham, OR

Clothing from Africa and Asia, African fabric, jewelry, baskets, mats, thumb pianos, rain sticks, shakers.

Pamusha

Tacoma, WA

Shona stone sculptures, wood carvings, framed art, batiks, African fabric, Zimbabwean-made garments, burlap hats, handbags, handmade jewelry and woven baskets.

Zimbabwean Music Festival

T-shirts, posters, CDs.

Zimbags

Bainbridge Island, WA

Information about the situation in Zimbabwe and what we are doing to help.