A Unified Decor

Welcome your Kwanzaa guests with a cheerful "Habari Gani!" (a Swahili greeting). Celebrate the traditional values of Africa and African-American culture with friends and family by adorning your home with exquisite handcrafted items from artists on both continents. Take pride in a grand heritage--browse the delightful online assortment of ceremonial kinaras and African and African-inspired baskets, bowls, drums and more, we found to share with you.

 

Say "Happy Kwanzaa" with this
festive banner.

At this sophisticated site, you will find a lovely selection of African and African American decor. "Happy Kwanzaa" declares the kente cloth Kwanzaa Banner ($20), hand-woven in Ghana and ready to adorn a doorway or mantel.

Gold Coast Africa

 

Light the candles of Kwanzaa with
this beautiful kinara.

If it's black and beautiful, you will find it here, at this African American products and gifts site. Celebrate family values with the charming Kwanzaa Family Kinara ($37.95) depicting a joyous family of 4 holding hands behind the 7 ceremonial candles.

It's a Black Thang.com

Explore international culture at this online marketplace for handcrafted goods. For a soulful centerpiece, fill this Nigerian Grain Basket ($20). from the Maigoudery area of northern Nigeria, with your favorite fruits.

Eziba.com

You'll find everything African, from batiks to baskets, at this online African art, home accessories and gifts shop. Any side dish will look scrumptious when served from the exquisitely patterned Blue Soapstone Bowl ($45), hand carved in Nairobi.

The Africa Store

Choose the kinara that suits your style from the unique collection here. Will it be the timeless Pyramid ($24) or maybe the elegant Ghana ($18)? Each kinara is available separately or as part of a kit containing 7 candles (3 green, 3 red, 1 black) the communal cup and a straw mat.

Kwanzaa Specialties

 

Lighten up your Kwanzaa
celebration with an Ashanti Metal
Mask from The Sondai Studios.

The tasteful African products featured here will bring grace and cultural pride to your home. For a spiritual glow, place a candle in the Ashanti Metal Mask Candleholder ($18); the candle sits in a metal cup and illuminates the mask from behind.

The Sondai Studios

Featuring ethnic gifts from Fraternity/Sorority items to decor, the African /Haiti Imports section here has 9 charming pages to peruse. Transform simple napkins into tabletop sculptures with carved wooden animal Napkin Rings ($5 each: lion, elephant, zebra, giraffe).

Proud To Be You

The mission of this site is to bring the work of international craftspeople straight from their villages to the online world. No home should be without a ceremonial drum to sound the ancestral beat -- the beautifully carved Kpaalogo Drum ($135) is used by the Ga tribe, of the Greater Accra region of Ghana, for the kpanlogo dance.

Novica.com

It's nonstop shopping at this online mini-mall of African craft shops. Visit the Davi Lojo section for Table Mats ($18, set of 4). Ideal for children, each laminated placemat has a Kente or Korhogo pattern on one side and a map of Africa, information about the weaver, and an explanation of the pattern, on the other (the Kente style also features an African recipe).

AfricanCraft.com

Shop for boubous, dashikis, kaftans and more in African fabrics, like kente and mudcloth, at this aesthetically pleasing site. Special occasions call for special clothing like the stunning blue silk sheda (brocade) suit ($199 each) available in matching designs for men and women.

African Clothing and Art