2008 Marketplace

Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington
9:00 to 6:00 Daily • July 4–5–6

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. The 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. And non-profit organizations will provide information about the important work they are doing to help people in Zimbabwe.

This year the marketplace will be located at Red Square, a central gathering place on the PLU campus. The location is central to almost the entire festival, with the afternoon concert stage in Red Square and the evening concert venue just off to the side.

2008 Market Vendors

Africa Mama

Seatle, WA

Ethnic music CDs, clothing, costume jewelry, wrappers, baskets, tapestries handmade in Africa.

Ancient Ways

Scio, OR

Handmade items from the Nhimbe for Progress villages in Zimbabwe including serpentine sculpture, embroidered totes, textiles, and children’s toys; Ancient Ways T-shirts; and information about school sponsorships, well sponsorships, and other programs/services.

Dandemutande

Winlaw, BC, Canada

CDs, tapes, videotapes, DVDs, books, and mbiras.

Gresham/Owerri Sister City Assn.

Gresham, OR

African clothes, jewelry, musical instruments, sarongs, mats, statues, fabrics, hats.

Ida B. Wells Community Academy

Kent, Ohio

Dezes, hosho, gourd seeds, incense, body oils.

Inside Passage

Port Townsend, WA

Hosho.

MyLinda King

Portland, OR

Hosho, build-your-own marimba DVDs.

Kutsinhira Cultural Arts Center

Eugene, OR

CDs, T-shirts, and the new Kutsinhira DVD.

Mambokadzi Arts

Tacoma, WA

Beaded key chains, bead necklaces and other small crafts, Binga baskets, fabrics.

Marimbaworks

Eugene, OR

Marimbas, mallets, hosho.

MBIRA

Berkeley, CA

Mbiras by 13 Zimbabwean makers, CDs of 135 Zimbabwean musicians, MBIRA shirts and sweatshirts, ebony sculpture of mbira players, thumb and finger picks for mbira players, copper/brass bangles, and mbira bags.

Pamusha

Tacoma, WA

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

Tariro

Eugene, OR

Greeting cards made from artwork of Tariro’s students; hope necklaces.

Zimbabwean Music Festival

T-shirts, posters, CDs.

Zimbags

Bainbridge Island, WA

Information about Zimbabwe and the women we work with. We may have bags with art from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.