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African Baskets: New Collection

African Handmade Woven Seagrass Deep Serving Fruit Bowl
Price$54.95
Excluding Sales Tax |
African Handmade Woven Sea Grass Shopping Tote Bag
Price$64.95
Excluding Sales Tax |
African Soe Tray Handmade Woven Sea Grass Bread Server Fruit Basket
Price$64.95
Excluding Sales Tax |

AFRICAN BOLGA BASKETS

Handmade African Bolga Baskets Woven With Love by Local Weavers in Bolgatanga, Ghana

Bolgatanga is the largest town in the Upper East region of Ghana, about 20 miles South of the Burkina Faso border and very close to the edge of the Sahara Desert. The sun roasts the villages of northern Ghana year round, except during the 2-3 months of rainy season when it rains, rains, rains. The people living there are traditionally farmers and herdsman, but with its variable climate farming is very difficult. Local women supplement the family income by weaving the baskets we refer to as Bolga Baskets which are hand-woven using locally-grown straw.

Basket weaving has helped bring much needed income to the villages surrounding Bolgatanga. The traditional skill which has been handed down from generation to generation provides employment to approximately 10,000 people, mostly women. An average of two baskets a week can be woven by a woman who also has household chores, firewood collection, water collection, washing and the care of her children to tend to each day.

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