Fair Trade
Find Your Balance Necklace from Women’s Peace Collection
- features a sterling silver chain with a U-shaped silver bar pendant that slides along the chain and is finished off with a paper bead at the clasp
- handmade in a fair trade cooperative in Nairobi, Kenya
Owned by Sue Fish, a DFW member in Great Barrington, MA, the site sells jewelry, scarves, bags and more made by women from around the world who are rebuilding their lives in the shadows of war, civil strife or crippling poverty. All of the products are handcrafted, sustainable and will help empower women entrepreneurs. Dining for Women receives 10% of sales by mentioning DFW in the “Note to Women’s Peace Collection” during checkout. Visit Women’s Peace Collection here. Offer expires 6/1/19.
$26
Giraffe Salad Servers from Women’s Peace Collection
- hand carved by talented artisans in a fair trade cooperative in Kenya
- crafted out of one piece of renewable muhugu wood using only simple, rudimentary tools
Owned by Sue Fish, a DFW member in Great Barrington, MA, the site sells jewelry, scarves, bags and more made by women from around the world who are rebuilding their lives in the shadows of war, civil strife or crippling poverty. All of the products are handcrafted, sustainable and will help empower women entrepreneurs. Dining for Women receives 10% of sales by mentioning DFW in the “Note to Women’s Peace Collection” during checkout. Visit Women’s Peace Collection here. Offer expires 6/1/19.
$20
Books
Fiction
By Grace Ogot
Recommended by WGEP
From Amazon: A young farmer and his wife who have migrated to Tanzania from Kenya become embroiled in issues of personal jealousy and materialism, and a melodramatic tale of tribal hatreds ensues. The novel explores Ogot’s concept of the ideal African wife: obedient and submissive to her husband; family and community orientated; and committed to non-materialist goals. The style is distinctively ironic giving the story power and relevance. Grace Ogot has been employed in diverse occupations as a novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter, politician, and representative to the UN.
Non-Fiction
By Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Recommended by WGEP
From Amazon: (Nobel Prize–nominated) Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya’s independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952–1960 Emergency.
Films
Recommended by WGEP
From WGEP: This is an Oscar-nominated short film based on the December 2015 shooting by militant group Al-Shabaab.
Recommended by WGEP
From WGEP: This was the most awarded film at Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards in 2014. The film follows Mwas, a young aspiring actor from rural Kenya, who moves to the city in hope of fulfilling his dreams.
Music
By Eric Wainaina
Recommended by WGEP
Available via streaming, digital download and CD