so katuma surprisingly was a great childhood. you know, not only was it the largest refuge camp in the world, it was still a beautiful childhood, despite having obstacles like malaria and not knowing where your food is going to come from. it is a refugee camp so definitely not an ideal place to raise a family but thank god i experienced it because the community and the values that it installed in me i still carry with me today. i think a lot of people will be very surprised at those words. really?! you almost make it sound like a very happy childhood but surely it was riddled with insecurity and poverty? yeah, yeah, yeah, not knowing... it is funny now — it's ironic because i am in fashion and constantly surrounded with clothes when my childhood, like, we were scrapping to find shoes. like, one pair — a shirt would last us for months. it is just night and day to where i come from but you can't take away the fact that the community made it vibrant. it's 66% — even today that's still true — 66% women and children so we're talking a

katuma was surprisingly a great childhood. despite having obstacles like malaria and not knowing where your food is going to come from, it is a refugee camp so definitely not an ideal place to raise a family but thank god i experienced it because a community and the values it installed to be i still carry with me. i think a lot of people would be surprised at those wells. surely it was riddled with insecurity and poverty? yes, not knowing... it is ironic because i am in fashion and so ironic because i am in fashion and so in my childhood we were scrapping to find shoes. i showed would last us to find shoes. i showed would last us for months. it is night and day from where i come from but you cannot take away the fact that the community made it vibrant. 66% women and children so we're talking a very nurturing, protective environment and they made up for it in love and support. that sense of community obviously was taken away from you when you and your mum made that amazing journey, first i think to st louis, missouri and later