News & Media
New Workshop in Lamu
Ali Lamu has now moved its workshop from Shela village to Lamu town, closer to where most of our staff live. This was done to help reduce commuting hours for our staff and to ensure all of them are ...
Womens Work Centre in Lamu
Our female stitchers now have a permanent spot to work together as a group in Lamu town. For many years the women working to make Ali Lamu bags would work out of their homes since they could not ...
Mifuko inayotokana na kitambaa cha Tanga kisiwani Lamu
BBC Swahili Ali Omar amekuwa mvuvi kwa muda wa miaka 18 kisiwani Lamu, katika pwani ya Kenya. Zaidi ya hayo, ameshirikiana na wengine kutengeneza mifuko inayotokana na vitambaa vya Tanga, ambavyo ...
Zeilen naar een nieuwe bestemming
Op het kleine eiland Lamu, noordoostelijk voor de kust van Kenia, ligt het plaatsje Shela met aan de duinrand het huis en het atelier van Daniela Bleattler, de plek waar de mooiste creaties worden ...
Ali Lamu, how sail gets a second life
ALI is a fisherman. LAMU is that wonderful island at the Kenyan coast. ALI LAMU is the brand that Ali & Daniela created together after they met by chance.
Fisherman Transforms Old Dhow Sails Into Luxury Bags
Today, Ali Lamu bags are sold in shops all over the world including Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Holland, South Africa, US, UK, Nairobi and very soon in Belgium. This is in addition to their online ...
Upcycled craft
AliLamu was originally founded by the LOVE between Ali, a local fisherman looking for employment and Daniella, a swiss photographer visiting Kenya. Together they started creating bags and art from ...
#AfricanArt: Kenyan entrepreneur creates bags from old dhow sails
Many fishermen in Kenya’s Lamu County still prefer to use dhows to catch their stocks and after every few years, their sails become worn out and have to be replaced. But for Ali Omar Mohamed, old ...
