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Nagawa Lorna is helping individuals build their self-esteem by tailoring beautiful clothes that perfectly fit their bodies, tastes, and preferences.  Through her initiative, Fountain stitches, she is impacting more young women like her to learn the skill too. Lorna is a Law Student at Makerere University . We journey with her as we discover more about her love for fashion designing. How and when did Fountain Stitches begin? When covid hit, I challenged myself to create a clothing line, Fountain Stitches. Having been an employee in someone else's workshop opened my eyes to the bigger picture. I believed that with the experience I had attained, I could start too. I began in a community called Lweza off Entebbe road in Uganda. Why choose fashion? I love looking nice, and extending the same feeling to someone else is gratifying. What is the earliest memory of designing clothes? At the age of 14,  In my senior two class at Makerere high school Miggade. ...

There is no doubt that photography tells a story too, we are proud of the women rising to join the venture. Meet Ashadu Atayi, a female Muslim photographer born and raised in Uganda. Presently, She lives in Turkey with  her family. Ashy as many call her, shares with us her passion for photography in an industry deemed for men, and the most captivating,  how she shoots beautiful images in the diaspora. What inspires you? Everything around me inspires me,  there is no beauty the camera can not fail to capture. Did you go to photography school? No,  I am a self-taught photographer, no school taught me how to shoot or even hold the camera, I thank God for the Internet, it has been a great teacher, I have taken short courses on photography to widen my expertise in it. How do you feel being a female photographer in a foreign country and an industry known for males? It feels great being a Muslim, and female photographer, It is unique and it makes me ...