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When you search for Rwandan art, you are searching for ubuhanzi: Imigongo from the east, Agaseke and ibiseke, studio painting, sculpture, and photography from Kigali to the borderlands.
IBARA names the maker. That is the difference between a living culture and a souvenir with no story. Artists can keep up to 92% of each sale, so buying here strengthens the creative economy at the source.
Browse in English, read the Kinyarwanda names of the traditions, and take the work home — to a house in Rwanda, another East African city, or further.
Available on IBARA
Start with the artist directory if you want to follow a person, not only an object.
Learn the words — Imigongo, Agaseke, ubukorikori — they help you buy with respect.
Use hotel delivery or shipping instead of rushing a fragile piece through an airport.
Share the maker’s name when you give the work; that is part of ubuhanzi.
Ubuhanzi means art in Kinyarwanda. IBARA is a platform for ubuhanzi bw'u Rwanda: paintings, Imigongo, crafts, photography, and sculpture by verified Rwandan artists (abahanzi).
Umuhanzi means artist; abahanzi is the plural. Every artwork on IBARA is linked to a named umuhanzi so buyers know who made the work.
