Cécile Muamba
Kasai-Central, Democratic Republic of Congo · Kuba Weavers Collective
An Amussu regional coordinator has visited this artisan in person, seen the workspace, and confirmed they make what they sell. This is the strongest verification we issue.
From Cécile
I weave Kuba cloth — the raffia cut-pile fabric from the Kasai region. The patterns are geometric and precise. Each one has a name and a history. My grandmother taught me twelve patterns. I can now teach twenty-seven. The cloth takes a long time. A piece the size of a place mat can take two weeks. A full hanging takes three months. I joined Amussu because someone in Kinshasa told me people in Europe paid forty euros for machine-made fabric that looked like mine. I want to be paid for mine directly.
- Collaborations
- 9
- Typical delivery
- 6–14 weeks
- Languages
- Tshiluba, French
The wait is not a flaw. It is proof.
Béatrice is currently learning with Cécile.
The interlace grid — foundational Kuba pattern · Year 2 of 4. If you add an apprentice-fund contribution at checkout, 100% of it goes here — Amussu takes nothing from it.
What Cécile has made.
Buyer names appear only with consent. By default, buyers are shown as “A buyer in [city]”.
Large wall hanging, eight Kuba patterns
Sixty by forty centimetres. Three months. The buyer asked for eight different patterns in one cloth — I told her that was ambitious. I was right. We are both happy with it.
Named with consent: M. Leconte, Brussels · delivered 2026-03-05Set of six place mats
All different patterns. Seven weeks. Shipped flat.
A buyer in Amsterdam · delivered 2026-01-18
Finished pieces from Cécile.
Pieces Cécile has already made and is ready to send. Same fee model, no design call needed. You can still start a fresh collaboration instead — both are direct with her.
Verified in person— what this means
An Amussu regional coordinator has visited this artisan in person, seen the workspace, and confirmed they make what they sell. This is the strongest verification we issue.
Kuba cloth panel — interlace pattern, 40 × 30 cm
By Cécile Muamba · Kasai-Central
Verified in person— what this means
An Amussu regional coordinator has visited this artisan in person, seen the workspace, and confirmed they make what they sell. This is the strongest verification we issue.
Set of four Kuba place mats, four different patterns
By Cécile Muamba · Kasai-Central
Knowledge Cécile has documented.
Owned by Cécile and her cooperative. Discoverable to all; the full documentation is included with an Amussu Learn subscription.
Courses and travel apprenticeships.
Digital courses split 80/20 to her. Travel apprenticeships split 70/30 to her or her cooperative.