Greetings from AfricanCraft.com!

Greetings from AfricanCraft.com!

As the holiday season approaches, we wish you happiness and peace. For those of you
in a shopping mood, we hope you will remember our vendor partners and the great
selection and variety of products they offer. For meaningful gifts for friends and
family, conveniently delivered as always, to your home.

As a special thank you for being on our mailing list, we'd like to offer you a 10%
discount on any purchases you make on Africancraft.com this holiday season (for
details on redeeming the coupon, please see the bottom of this email).

::::::::::: WHAT'S NEW on africancraft.com ?
Well, our name is new; we were formerly African Crafts Online. And a new design for
our home page, which is a prelude to a complete facelift we have been working on for
the entire web site, which should be coming online soon -- we're hoping in time to
ring in the new year. Along with the new site design we'll be adding web sites for a
number of African artists and artisans we've heard from recently, in particular a
number of artisans we met on a tour earlier this year in Mali who are doing some
very exciting work. Please stay tuned!

::::::::::: U.S. tour of KENTE WEAVER

Our favorite Kente cloth weaver, Gilbert Bobbo Ahiagble, who has been featured on
our web site from our beginnings, is currently on tour in the States. Bobbo has been
visiting the U.S. for over 20 years now, giving Kente cloth weaving demonstrations
and workshops, but this is the first time he is traveling along with one of his
sons, Capuchi, also a Master weaver.

After appearing at the Oakland Museum of California as part of the 'Wrapped In
Pride' exhibit, Bobbo is currently at Skidmore in New York State, and will be going
next to Washington DC and Detroit. For more information on Bobbo and his current
schedule please visit his web pages at
http://www.africancraft.com/artist/bobbo/

::::::::::: AFRICAN ART EXHIBIT

Mimi Wolford, the director of one of our partner organizations, the MBARI Institute
for Contemporary African Art (MICAA) has curated a show on contemporary African
artists at the University of New England's art gallery. Entitled "Colors of Africa -
Contemporary Perspectives", the show is on display through January 5, 2002.

The exhibition featuring 36 artists from 18 countries, celebrates the vibrant colors
of Africa as expressed in artworks from oil paintings to pen and ink, from handmade
paper to works in bronze. Artists represented include such well known names as
Ibrahim El Salahi and Amir Nour from Sudan, El Loko from Togo, Bruce Onobrakpeya and
Twins Seven-Seven from Nigeria, Sane Wadu from Kenya, Wosene Kosrof and Sofia Kifle
from Ethiopia and William Kentridge from South Africa, as well as many young artists
such as Florence Adeyemi from Nigeria and Sanaa Gateja from Uganda.

Admission is free. Gallery hours are Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 1:00
- 4:00 p.m. and Thursdays 1:00 - 7:00 p.m. at the University of New England's
Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Avenue, Portland, Maine. For more information,
please call the Art Gallery at (207) 797-7261 x4499.

Wishing you all the best for a healthy and happy holiday season:

Your friends at AfricanCraft.com
http://www.africancraft.com

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To redeem your 10% discount coupon...
Go to www.africancraft.com, and click on "shops". After placing items from any of
the vendors into your "shopping basket", click on the "checkout" button as usual,
and on the order form enter the coupon code "dec2001" -- that's all!
Use the 10% off coupon code as often as you wish during the month of December, on
any items in the shops, including gift certificates.
Our way of thanking you for your support. happy holidays!
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