Zambia’s ‘Nsanshi Art’ made its international exhibition debut in GemGenève 2025

Young Zambian women from Nsanshi Art brought handcrafted copper jewellery and powerful stories to the international stage at GemGenève 2025.

At GemGenève 2025, young women from Zambia’s North-Western Province joined the global celebration of fine gemstones and jewellery from ‘Nsanshi Art’, a jewellery school based in the rural mining town of Solwezi. Working with copper and silver from their own region, these students transcended adversity to tell their story — a narrative through jewellery.

Founded by the Kansanshi Foundation and Kansanshi Mining PLC, and nurtured by co-founder Michele Scholtz, Nsanshi Art made its international exhibition debut from 8 to 11 May 2025, at the invitation of Nadège Totah, curator of the Village des Designers at GemGenève.