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African designers need to celebrate their cultural roots and fashion history in order to become globally competitive

— Deola Sagoe

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I just had this can-do spirit. I was just so convinced that my product was so genuine and would no doubt conquer the world

“Being a Nigerian was no limitation for me because I just thought, well you haven’t seen me and there’s loads more like me”.

“West has taken and borrowed a lot from Africa…now it’s a renaissance: we’re claiming back what is ours and we’re adding value to what is ours, making it globally acceptable and globally appealing”.

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A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.

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History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.

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If we don’t care about our past we can’t have very much hope for our future.

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!

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