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Saturday, December 29, 2012

LIVING LEGACY - Folorunsho Alakija


As National President and lifelong Trustee of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN), Mrs. Folorunso Alakija – a philanthropist, fashion icon with an infallible sense of style has broken many uncharted territories, and continues to be a source of inspiration to many.

Photo via Societyreel

Seven years was my age at the time; God’s number for perfection. Not that I I was perfect, but it served as a new beginning for me, and new it was, as it changed the course of my entire life. In 1958, fifty –three years ago, my parents decided to send my sister, Doyin and I abroad for further studies.