"SISTAS" follows the journey of E. Aminata Brown and the women of BaBa Blankets as they take it upon themselves to create a new narrative for African women. Directed & produced by Broderick Webb
"I was really inspired by their determination, commitment to their own growth and what they were giving of themselves in order to move forward and I wanted to do something to support them,"
Brown says, "giving one woman a means to provide for herself and her family is how we address the poverty of today. Educating girls is how we begin to break the cycle of poverty of tomorrow."
"A vision began to take shape among them to produce Afrocentric patchwork quilts to export to the United States and Europe to provide a sustainable income, healthcare, and education for the girls and women involved."
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This is the story behind BaBa Blankets. It is a story about many girls from Ghana's northern region. These girls are otherwise known as "kaya yo" or load carriers and their dream to "learn to sew" was the inspiration behind the BaBa Blankets social enterprise. Filmed by: Awam Amkpa, Ph.D.
New York University: Director, Africana Studies
Academic Director, NYU Ghana
