About Us
The merchandise that we choose to market is all hand crafted by local Southern African artisans, made with locally sourced materials. These items showcase the heart and soul of the beautiful people from our rainbow nation. Each creators products that we market has a distinct African flare but is marketable to the entire world. They are tasteful and beautiful pieces. Each are made by hand and generally are unique and once off pieces that are rarely recreated. We aim to keep the content of our site, every changing and continuously introducing and featuring new creators and their work.
Our aim is that these items bring our consumers joy and they embrace this initiative of hope (Ithemba is the Zulu word for hope). Each item purchased supports a local artist and we honestly believe that what we are doing is changing lives and giving our local creators an element of hope. My business partner and I rely heavily on our faith and we feel immensely blessed to be able to help these amazing people one sale at a time.
Meet the makers & artisans behind Ithemba
SEE ALL MAKERSBaba Tree
The Baba Tree Basket Co has been preserving the culture of baskets and the Gurunsi community in Bolgatanga, Ghana for the last 15 years. It's here that an...
Imibongo kaMakhulu
The name Imibongo kaMakhulu means Granny’s Thankfulness/ Praises in IsiXhosa. It is a name given to my daughter by her paternal grandmother,as gratitude for her growing family after...
Potterswork
After taking up pottery classes as a hobby, Chris Silverston fell in love with the medium because of its balance of beauty and functionality. In 1986 Chris founded...
People of the Sun
Malawi’s artisans have a centuries-old craft tradition using natural resources and generations of indigenous knowledge. What they don’t have is access to modern design, a platform to sell their...
