About the maker

John Mwangi

Barefoot leather, grown by the tide.

What we make

Hand-stitched leather sandals and kofia slippers, shaped to each customer's foot on Diani beach.

To keep Swahili shoemaking alive so the next generation of coastal boys has a trade to walk into.

Each pair is cut from locally tanned cowhide and finished under the palms using awl, waxed thread and recycled tyre soles.