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Nigerian luxury handbags: making a mark overseas

Handbag designer Zainab Ashadu speaks about her leather bags at her Lagos workshop

Mention northern Nigeria and the first thing that may spring to mind is Boko Haram. Zainab Ashadu is hoping to change that -- by selling designer handbags.

The Nigerian designer is the brains behind the Zashadu brand, whose modern, colourful creations use the ancient art of tanning and leather-dyeing from the country's north.

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