FAIR FABRICS
FROM GHANA
Nuna By Dzogbefa : The Story of a Small Business
that Comes From Ghana
NUNA By Dzogbefa ​is a small company specialized in the creation and transformation of batik products.
We offer a large range of products, from t-shirts and sweaters, to cushions, bags and even baby diapers.
All our creations are made with batik-dyed fabrics made by our Dzogbefa team in Ghana.
NUNA is now based in France, but it has close ties with its parent company, Dzogbefa.
Dzogbefa started in 2015 in Ho, capital of Volta region in Ghana, when highways authorities worker Kenneth Hafianyo resigned from work. After several years of employment, he finally decided to make a living out of what inspires him most: the creation of art fashion.
Playing with colors and designs, putting them together and never have the same result is what he loves most when he dyes fabrics with the wax technique, known as batik. He really likes to pay tribute to that traditional West-African dying technique that gets much competition from the fake wax from China. But beyond his passion for art, he wants his business to help his community.
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During an eco-tourism mission in the heart of rural Volta region in February 2017, Kenneth worked with Jolet van Kipshagen.
When Jolet saw his creations and understood what his work accomplished (involvement in his community, women entrepreneurship, preservation of traditional handicrafts ...), she became very passionate about the business and she decide to support him throughout the adventure that will become theirs. Once Jolet returned to France, she built up Afrik'Arte, an association meant at promoting and supporting handicrafts and entrepreneurial initiatives in Ghana. Afrik'Arte has led a successful crowdfunding campaign to improve Dzogbefa's working conditions, making sure the artisans would have less stress and more fun working.
Since then, Kenneth has moved to France and he set up
NUNA By Dzogbefa.
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Through NUNA, Kenneth uses the fabrics
made by the Dzogbefa artisans in Ghana.
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Through NUNA, Kenneth continues to promote the
spirit of creativity, independence and cooperation of Dzogbefa.