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The story of how Rhonda Piggins came to be called Simbala runs quite parallel to the story of how Simbala came to be a jewelry and African-art entrepreneur. Both have to do with the very human art of becoming the person you were meant to be, by whatever magical means...

Ti-a employs 500 weavers in 10 villages, working mainly with women’s co-operatives. Not that long ago, we had to ask for permission from her husband and tribal chief for a weaver to earn money. Today, she can pay for her children to go to school and she has a growing voice in her community… as she deserves.