Zawadi is thrilled to partner with Alchemy Skincare to offer their line of soaps, butters, and natural beauty products. We met Alchemy’s creator, Samantha Wood, the old fashioned way: Our Brand Manager Faraji Whalen partied with her when she lived in Maryland. Although she’s since moved to Oakland, we’ve followed closely as her brand took off on social…
It may not feel like it today with the temperatures in the teens, but Spring is coming. We, at Zawadi, greet it with new inventory and ideas which can transform the winter home. To help us get to that “spring” state , we have invited Denys Davis for a talk and an exhibition on March…
If I said East Orange, New Jersey, what would come to your mind? A gritty city with very little to recommend it probably. Well, there’s a proverbial rose in East Orange and her name is Adrienne Lockett. She is an extraordinary jeweler. I have known Adrienne for at least 15 years now. I can’t remember…
The visit of Oumar Cisse from Mali on June 29, 2014 at Zawadi reminded me once again what road warriors African artists are and the extremes they go to get their products to an audience. This is true of many of the other artists we have featured here at Zawadi but I am especially taken…