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Florence Olugbemiro is busy sewing little brightly coloured headbands at her West Hoxton home in Sydney’s west.
The former computer programmer and mother of four came to Australia as a skilled migrant from Nigeria in 1998 with her husband Solomon and their three sons. She had a daughter, Shallom, soon after.
“When I first came here and I had my little baby girl, I was looking for representation dolls, and I couldn t find one,” the 54-year-old says. “So a few years ago, I thought why not introduce Australia to those beautiful, vibrant Nigerian colours through dolls?
She began making her own, with the designs inspired by her homeland.