A. African violets should be placed a few feet from a window but not in direct sunlight. A well-drained plastic pot is preferable to a clay pot. Water can be applied when the top layer of soil feels dry. Keep water off the leaves. A dish with stones and water below the stones will help to keep humidity up around the plant.
Propagation is time consuming but effective.
Take a leaf from the oldest outside ring of foliage and cut it off as close to the main stem as possible. Recut the stalk to 2 inches in length. A rooting hormone on the base of the leaf will hasten rooting. Fill a clear plastic shoe or sweater storage box half full with vermiculite and add enough water to moisten the vermiculite. Insert the stems in the vermiculite but do not have the leaves touch it.