Akamba Handicraft Mombasa: Where is it and how does it operate?

Well, I think that the Akamba Handicraft workshop and exhibition center is on the road that connects Changamwe to the Moi International Airport in Mombasa. It is quite close to where the airport road connects with the Magongo road at the changamwe interchange. It is right opposite the junction between the airport road and chaani road. It is in the same compound with Akamba Arts Bar (though I think it rebranded to something else) and behind it is the newly built Tamasha beer distributors Changamwe/Mombasa West Depot. Opposite the Akamba Handicraft Mombasa workshop it is the Dala Dala Travelers Boma café, and indeed many of the people who dine at the Dala Dala Travelers Boma café seem to be the craftsmen working at the workshop, besides other Chaani residents.

If you venture into the Akamba handicraft workshop, you will find Kamba craftsmen, truly talented artists, making carvings of various real-life subjects from wood.

My understanding is that some of the carvings made at the Akamba handicraft workshop are sold right there in the workshop. Others are sold to people who operate in tourist hotels, where tourists are able to buy them to serve as momentos or souvenirs  of their Kenya visits. I also think that some of the carvings made at the Akamba handicraft workshop are exported, but I could be wrong.

On the other side of Changamwe, at the so-called Magongo market close to Changamwe post office and opposite Changamwe deputy county commissioner’s office, there are more Kamba carvers who practice their craft from there.