Our story
Jahazi Collective began with a journey, not a business plan.
How we started
Our founder travelled the Swahili Coast again and again, from the Lamu archipelago and Malindi to Mombasa, and across the water to Pemba and Zanzibar, drawn by its old towns, its carved doors and the quiet pride of its craftspeople. In workshops and courtyards, our founder met fundis shaping hardwood the way their teachers had taught them, and mothers in the Lamu archipelago stitching kofias by hand, one careful row at a time.
Those journeys also revealed a hard truth. The people keeping this heritage alive were not always paid what their work was worth.
Jahazi Collective was built to change that. We work directly with our artisans, credit every maker by name, and bring their work to your home through our online store. What began as one traveller's love for the coast has become a collective: many hands, one coast, one standard of craft.
Our promise
We believe every piece should have a maker, a place and a story. Every Jahazi piece has all three.
The Swahili Coast
The coast we come from.
Lamu Old Town
Where the carving tradition lives on every street.
