Fit For A Queen

We are a family-based business that specializes in selling unique African Baskets, Fabrics and Artifacts. The African Imports Business was started by Mary Ogwel as a request by her dying mother to form something that would help women come together to help each other step out of poverty in Kenya. She started a company soon after by the name of MAENDELEO which in Swahili means “Women’s Progress” in the early 1990's in Seattle.

By purchasing a product from us, you are helping aide the women weavers and their villages to progress out of poverty so they can better provide for food, health and education for their families. They are able to start small businesses locally, build training facilities and improve their farming from our support as importers of their products to the US. Feel free to share our family story along with others; purchase a lovely basket as a gift to bless someone & yourself.

A Boutique featuring modern, boho, classic and vintage styles, + unique gifts and Styling services.