Zambezi Joy Society

The Zambezi Joy Society brilliantly blossomed into business in June 2020 with a deep, dedicated desire to spread chitenge cheer around this great and giddy globe.

Through the ribald, ridiculous and repugnant trauma of COVID, the soil and soul of our team of local, Zambian artisans was fertile with new ideas. This is how our Little Shop of Colours was foundered, flowered and fruited.

CHITENGE (CHI-TENG-GEH)

Zambezi Joy Society’s heart is wrapped in the most boisterous and beautiful chitenge, the name Zambians give to the bold, bright, and blissful fabric used in the majority of our products.

Worn by women traditionally as a sign of respect, chitenge is wrapped around the waist, chest, over the head as a headscarf, or even as the most snuggly baby sling. Zambian women also use this fabric to make beautiful outfits which are used for celebratory occasions.

The spectacular spectrum of colours and sometimes discombobulating designs on the fabric were originally done using traditional techniques, but have evolved to include more modern practices too.

We hope that you can join in the fun and brighten your world (and ours) with our reimagined use of chitenge in your home. Chitenge cheer for the win!

This is the kind of cheer that also helps to empower small local business women and men.

With joy,

Aggie Banda - Founding Partner, Online Host & Brightest Star In The Sky;

Tina Aponte - Founding Partner, Chief Table Layer & Background Crafty Person.

There is so much good that we can do through this new endeavour with the incredible Zambezi Makers! We are so grateful to be able to inject the shop profits into the areas in the local community that need it most, especially during these trying COVID times.

Take a look at where the money from our Online Shop goes!