Dar Es Salaam - Post Report Question and Answers
Is this a "shopping post"? Are there interesting handicrafts, artwork, antiques, or other items that people typically buy there?
Baskets, Kitenge fabrics, carvings and paintings are big. The markets can be really fun if you have a light heart about them. People love to be playful here. - Nov 2022
There are lots of local handicrafts, baskets, zanzibar chests, local fabrics and fashions. Local art. - Jul 2022
Ha, no it is not a shopping post… - Jan 2022
Not really - Oct 2021
Many folks get into Kitenga clothing, buying lots of cloth and having dozens of dresses made. There are furniture makers that can make very cool coffee tables & book cases. Zanzibar Chests! - May 2020
Zanzibar is known for its wood working. - Jun 2017
Zanzibar Chest! - Dec 2015
Have a nice piece of furniture made- a kitchen island, a bar, a coffee table; can be made out of dhow wood. Have clothing/table clothes/shower curtains made of fabrics purchased from downtown. Zanzibar chests. Metal items made by Wonder Works. - Jul 2015
Wood carvings and chests. - Mar 2014
Crafts, wood carvings, paintings, Zanzibar chests, Massai items and Tanzanite. - Feb 2013
wood carvings, masks, Tinga-Tinga paintings, and travel. - Feb 2013
Safaris will eat any savings you make, but there are also good handicrafts. If you have a shipment home, there is beautiful furniture made from old dhows. - Aug 2011
Wood crafts, tinga-tinga paintings, cloth. - Jun 2010
