This is because the baskets are sometimes purchased from the weavers at unfair prices.” – Coretta A. Owusu, CEO Design DUA. I started to speak with different groups of basket weavers to know how things were being done and what would make them happier,” she explained to me. Owusu started Design DUA there, working with a group of men and women to make new designs of Bolga baskets, dog beds, etcetera. You can shop products from Design DUA here. The average basket weaver can make more than Ghana’s Minimum wage, if producing baskets at a fair wage.”For more insight on Design DUA, watch video below:Comments

Source: The North Africa Journal August 22, 2016 15:54 UTC