Press

 

New York Times - Journalism Institute "Ghanaian Women Stitch Their Lives Back Together" May 2010, Lottie Joiner

"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,"

New Orleans Magazine "10 Top Female Achievers" July 2009, Leigh Ann Stuart

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."

Black Enterprise "Do Good, Get Rich" May 2006, Elaine Lee

"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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Videos
  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
 

Radio
 

WWOZ 90.7 New Orleans "BaBa Blankets Comes to New Orleans"



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Web

 

Please visit the following links to read various press coverage Baba Blankets has enjoyed over the past few years.
 

More Press
 

Please visit the following links to read various press coverage Baba Blankets has enjoyed over the past few years.