Our Blogs

How our Artisan Partners are Coping | Mbare Blog | Mbare

Our founder Robbie Stewart had this to say in his recent message regarding the pandemic: “The uncertainty that we are all experiencing today is something that many people in Africa live with o...

Sadza Pillows from Zimbabwe | Mbare Blog | Mbare

Nearly twenty years ago, Tonga Textiles was founded by Zimbabwean-born and raised Jeremiah Makaza. Located on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe, Tonga Textiles is a fair trade business embodied by ...

A message from our founder | Mbare Blog | Mbare

Greetings everyone! In these very strange times we live in due to the corona virus pandemic, I want to share my thoughts and perspectives with YOU, our valued customer.Growing up in Zimbabwe and tr...

Take Your Kid to Work Day | Mbare Blog | Mbare

Working in both the US and Africa and needing to travel between those places often has required some adaptation on Robbie and Maria’s part when it comes to family life. In their own unconventional ...

Hand woven baskets by the talented women of Senegal | Mbare

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 organize...

How it all got started | Mbare Blog | Mbare

Mbare was born out of an independent study taken during the time that our founder, Robbie Stewart, was enrolled in the TCU MBA program from 1992-1994. “During the second year of the MBA program, wh...