Woman Who Conquers: Part 1
“The Wana Sambo Woman is Strong, Sexy & Exotic. She is you, she is everything you dare to be.
All around the globe, women are fiercely taking charge and shattering boundaries in politics, sports, tech, media, finance, etc. The Wana Sambo brand has decided to celebrate these women by naming each garment after one woman every season, all year round to celebrate her achievement(s).
“The Woman Who Conquers” (Part 1) is an ode to women who do not conform to ideals that put limitations on women in the society. These women have defied the odds while daring to be more.
All garments in this collection are specially curated and named after these women who are resilient, daring and constantly re-defining the status-quo.
As every collection is released and a Wana Sambo Woman puts on any garment(s) from these collections, she will be reminded of and will join us in celebrating some of the amazing we know as we keep on conquering the world.
Look 1
The Dr Ola Pair: This pair is inspired by and named after Nigerian Dr Ola Orekunnri.
Dr Ola is a medical doctor, helicopter pilot, health care entrepreneur and the managing director of West Africa’s first air ambulance “The Flying Doctors Nigeria”.
Dr Ola is a member of the American Academy Aesthetic Medicine, she is dedicated to bringing trauma care to the most remote parts of Western Africa, she is a national expert of disaster medicine and pre-hospital care, Dr Ola is the youngest person to receive the Silverbird group “Outstanding Female CEO” award, under the age of 30.
Look 2
The Chimamanda dress: This dress is inspired and named after Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a feminist, novelist and campaigner for equal rights and women empowerment.
Chimamanda works have been translated to over thirty languages and appeared in various publications, she has given numerous TED talks round the globe, her provoking conversations have tackled traditional norms and stance, her book “We Should All be Feminist” caught attention of Dior and was curated in a collection. Chimamanda was recently named Vanguard’s “Woman of the Decade” and has multiple awards and honorary degrees to her name.
Look 3
The Mosunmola dress: This dress is inspired by and named after the multi-award-winning media mogul, Mosunmola Abudu (Mo Abudu).
Mo Abudu is the first woman to own a pan-African TV channel in Africa; she is a media personality, philanthropist and former human resources management consultant. Mosunmola Abudu has been described by Forbes as “Africa’s most successful woman’’.
She was awarded the MIPTV’s 2019 Medailles d’Honneur, in Cannes, France, making her the first African to be a recipient of the reputable award.
Look 4
The Michelle pair: This pair is inspired by and named after former First Lady of America, Michelle Obama. She is the first African-American First Lady of the United States of America, A lawyer and a writer who has launched numerous campaigns to tackle America food and health sector, support American veterans and empower American youths, she received the Grammy Award for best spoken word in 2019 for her book “Becoming”.
Look 5
The Fade Pair: This pair is inspired by and named after Fade Ogunro, an international speaker, CEO/ Founder of BookingsAfrica.com, which is the largest online freelance marketplace to book creatives in the entertainment and media industry in Africa.
Fade Ogunro is the co-founder of Film Factory Productions, Fade Ogunro has produced several TV commercials and music videos her clients include Lancome, First Bank, Unilever, Coca-Cola etc.
Look 6
The Kimberly Pair: This pair is inspired by and named after Kimberly Anyadike; the youngest African-American pilot to fly solo at the age of 15. She is the youngest African American woman to complete a transcontinental flight across the United States, and has completed the round-trip journey in a single-engine in 13 days.
Kimberly Anyadike received the first “Young Aviator’s award” from the Tuskegee Airmen in 2016.
Look 7
The Ilhan Pair: This pair is inspired by and named after Ilhan Omar who is the first naturalized African and Somali-American elected to the United States Congress. Before her political position, she has been a fierce campaigner for affordable housing, healthcare, and a living wage. In 2017, she was one of the 46 women to feature in Time’s Magazine’s report, “Firsts: Women who are changing the world.” Prior to all these, she was a Somalian who lived at a refugee camp in Kenya for around 4 years.
Look 8
The Lilian Ajayi-Ore Dress: This dress was named after Lilian Ajayi-Ore, the Founder and CEO of Global Connections for Women foundation (GC4W) which was established to support women and youth in underserved communities across the globe. Lilian sits on the board of Harvard Crimson Impact, NAEEP Ltd, Madison Square Boys and Girls Club, the HOPE Program and International Women in Business (IWIIB). Lilian is an Ambassador of Goodwill and Honorary of the state of Arkansas.
She was awarded with the Special U.S. Congressional Award for Outstanding Community Service from Congresswoman Barbara Lee and recognized by Applause Africa Magazine as “Top 40 and under 40” Most Inspiring African in Diaspora. Lilian was recently selected as Black Enterprise Magazine “Power Women of the Diaspora”.
Look 9
The Nozlie Dress: This dress is inspired by and named after Nozipho Sibanda. Nozipho is the Chief Finance Officer for Rack Centre Limited; Nigeria’s premier Tier III data centre. She was featured in the Data Economy ‘’FINVEST50’’ Global Leaders in Data Centre Finance.
Prior to joining Rack Centre, she was the Finance Director West Africa for Dimension Data, a multinational providing ICT solutions and services. She has worked with PWC in Nigeria and South Africa, Nozipho is the current Chairperson of the ICT Group, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry and she is a Chartered Account with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Look 10
The Condoleeza Pair: This pair is inspired by and named after Condoleeza Rice, the first black woman to serve as the United States security adviser as well as the first black woman to serve as the US Secretary of State.
Look 11
The Tiwa Pair: Inspired by and Named after Tiwa Savage, a multi award-winning artist, songwriter and producer. Tiwa is the first woman to win “Best African Act” at the MTV Europe Music Awards and the first Nigerian woman to sign a record deal with Universal Music Group. Tiwa has been involved in youth empowerment and breast cancer screening projects and has raised funds to build schools in Nigeria.
Team Credits:
Art Direction & Styling; @wanasamboceo
Photography: @yusufshotme
Hair: @hairsentiments by @kaylahoniwo
Makeup: @preshyglam
Model: @enaesigie
All garments are AVAILABLE TO SHOP on www.wanasambo.com
Contact: +234 815 3131 533
Email: orders@wanasambo.com
