Two years later, my father passed away. He was the love of my mother’s life, and although she was a very strong person, she collapsed. I therefore did everything I could to be the pillar on which it would be able to rely. It was the hardest but also the truest period of my life. Everything we lived was essential and of boundless love. My mother unknowingly taught me what Love is. My father unknowingly taught me what courage is.

But during this time Couleurs d’Afrique was flowing and mom Jolie wanted to sell the company. I opposed it. This box was like her 4th child, she had devoted more than 20 years of her life to it, I felt it was a mistake. So without thinking too much, I opened a facebook page at Couleurs d’Afrique on which I started to share all the treasures accumulated in the store. When my mother regained some courage and started doing hairstyles again, I would take pictures of them and publish them on our page as well. The audience was at the appointment and more and more new customers started to take an interest in us, it was right. magic.

I took over the management of the store, I didn’t know anything about it but I learned on the job. I started to get interested in com and marketing as well. It was just feeling most of the time, but it fascinated me, it vibrated in me, I felt that I was exactly where I needed to be. Another thing, I’ve always loved drawing clothes, and have been since I was a little girl. All my school notebooks, from kindergarten to college, were full of drawings of women wearing clothes from the most discreet to the most exuberant. So we decided to start our own models, our own clothing brand Couleurs d’Afrique. My mother being a woman of taste, we did not doubt at any time, we were going to form a great team.

Mom Jolie being Cameroonian, it is quite naturally that we looked in Cameroon for seamstresses to assemble our collections. After finding a competent and motivated team, we realized that if we made the necessary efforts and that our collections worked well, we would be able to help the many families of our seamstresses to get out of misery. So we also looked for a team in Madagascar, then in Ethiopia, then in Kenya (we went there with our backpacks full of fabrics to test the seamstresses met “at random”, a hell of an adventure!)

Today we have well-organized teams of seamstresses in all these countries. We are happy to give them work and pay them very well, in order to offer them better life prospects ♥ Through my com, I also try to share my love of life with our audience. All women are beautiful, all men are beautiful, we do not have to be ashamed of our bodies, we do not have to live afraid of the gaze of others, the main thing being to be in tune with our hearts. We are building the uninhibited world of tomorrow.

Thank you for reading our story, I send you my most positive vibes, Miss Aline.