Tribal Drum - March 2013

THE TRIBAL DRUM
March 2013





After the success of our Tribal Textiles Art Safaris in 2012, we are thrilled to welcome more amateur artists to our workshop this Easter. Kids and adults alike love joining our experienced artists to hand paint their own textiles with our stunning range of colourful water-based fabric paints. When these unique textiles have finished drying in the African sun, we bake them and then sew them into beautiful momentos for our visitors to take home; a lasting memory of their time on safari.
Tribal Art Safaris are not only great fun; they have a conscience too, with a donation from every booking going to our local community school Malimba. For 2013, all money raised will go towards buying art supplies for the 160 children who currently attend Malimba School, so they too can have the opportunity to explore their imaginations and bring their ideas to life through art.


Last but not least, we are happy to kick off 2013 by introducing one of our very special Tribal Textiles’ staff members, Paul Lungu. Paul began working with Tribal Textiles as a gardener in 2000, and his positive outlook and fantastic work ethic soon marked him out for promotion to Head Groundsman and Storesman. Paul has 6 children, and he’s proud that his son Jeff also works with Tribal Textiles in our painting department.
Paul’s favourite part of his job is the variety – one day he finds himself decorating the Tribal Textiles shop, the next plumbing, another tending our vegetable garden, and of course always capably managing the company’s stores. When asked if he ever gets lonely holding the fort during the rains when the workshop is closed, Paul says he doesn’t mind, as after 13 years he’s used to it. We think he also secretly likes being in charge of the Tribal Textiles sound system, where he loves to mix up the Zambian tunes with his favourite – James Brown!
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