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BBC OUTLOOK INTERVIEW WITH ASCHOBI DESIGNS

July 24, 2008

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Sierra Leone fashion
Fashion designer, Adama Kargbo was born in The United States but has parents from Sierra Leone. Her childhood friend Vicki Remoe-Doherty was born in Sierra Leone but left at 10. Both studied fashion in Paris – Adama on the creative side and Vicky on the management side. Now they’ve decided to return to their Sierra Leonean roots and start up a fashion label in Freetown. Outlook visits their shop and hears from the pair about their new business

Vickie Remoe

Editor & Founder of SwitSalone.com. Vickie Remoe is a TV Host, Writer, and Podcaster. She curates and amplifies fascinating, meaningful, and newsworthy content for Sierra Leonean audiences. She covers politics, entrepreneurship, good governance, travel, girls and women's issues from a uniquely feminist, African, and returnee perspective. She is an advocate for human rights and dignity. Remoe is Save The Children Sierra Leone Girl Ambassador. She is the author of two children's books; Adama Loves Akara and A Print for Ami.