About the maker

Asha Juma

The ocean, wrapped in cloth.

What we make

Soft kanga and kikoy textile goods -- wraps, slings, pillows and totes -- sewn in the old Swahili way.

To keep kanga as a living language for women on the coast, with every proverb stitched still readable.

Fabrics are sourced from Mombasa mills, washed in sea-salt water, then cut and hand-finished on a treadle Singer under a coconut roof.