Before Lagos became the fashion capital of Nigeria, before African designs walked the runways of Paris and Milan, there was Fagi, a small historic community in Cano State, Northern Nigeria. A place travelers once stopped by to rest during trade journeys. In house feed by centuries ago, people didn't just stop there.They stayed, they traded, they created, and they built something timeless. I was born and raised in In my house there is a tellering shop that has existed for more than 30 years even before I was ...

Zoom out. Let me invite you to step out of our comfort here in the Hague. I was born in Manila, the Philippines, country of 110 plus million people.As a child, I watch the evening news. It's a country that's a paradise, but it also experienced a lot of natural and human-made disasters. Typhoons, earthquakes, floods, families and rubble, armed conflict in several parts of the archipelago, children and families and shelters and evacuation centers from the people of the United States of America.Those were the ...