WANYAMA Men’s Shirt Charcoal
WANYAMA Men’s Shirt Charcoal
100% organically grown cotton from Tanzania
Made and printed in Kenya
Our WANYAMA (Kiswahili for ‘animals’) T-shirt features a host of different animal inhabitants of East Africa. Zebras stand peacefully, shoulder to shoulder with rhinos and lions. This works perfectly, as the animals have
known each other for a very long time. All the drawings were created between 2009 and the present day at various schools in Tanzania and Kenya.
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Our WANYAMA (Kiswahili for ‘animals’) T-shirt features a host of different animal inhabitants of East Africa. Zebras stand peacefully, shoulder to shoulder with rhinos and lions. This works perfectly, as the animals have
known each other for a very long time. All the drawings were created between 2009 and the present day at various schools in Tanzania and Kenya.
Did you know
we bring our WANYAMA animals together in our print shop when the room temperature is low.
We only print this design during Kenya’s cooler season, when temperatures are slightly
lower, as otherwise there is a risk that the ink will dry out in the large-format screen
, causing the print results to vary.
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