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My enduring love affair with antiques began with a basket, so it’s fitting that I’ve landed here at Mbare. Four or so decades ago, I drove from my home in D.C. to interview for a job in Baltimore.&nbs … read more

When Elaine Belleza, who led a creative industry program for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), sent our founder Robbie Stewart over a decade ago to Senegal to identi … read more

Our gorgeous collection of baskets from Senegal are woven by master weavers that not only are experts at what they do, they are also mothers, sisters, wives, friends working together in organized s … read more