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By the time I was ten-years-old, I was already weaving on a proper loom and considered a professional,”

— Nike Davies-Okundaye

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I found a way to make us women powerful, by being able to earn money.

“I always sign the work I do by myself with my name N-I-K-E and I encourage the other women to sign their work too,”

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