Loza Maleombho, Fashion Designer

Loza Maleombho is Brazilian born and of Ivorian & Central Africa decent. She was raised in Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa) were she started designing clothes for her aunts and sisters. In 2006 she graduated from The University of the Arts of Philadelphia , click here to read more info

Paul Sika Photographer

Paul Sika Photograher, Creative/Art Director from Cote d'Ivoire click here to view more of his work.

Henriette Diabaté

Henriette Diabaté (born March 13, 1935) is an Ivorian politician and writer. A member of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), Diabaté was Minister of Culture from 1990 to 1993 and again in 2000; later, she was Minister of Justice from 2003 to 2005. She has been the Secretary-General of the RDR since 1999.

Diabaté was born in Bingerville. She was a professor of history from 1965 to 1995 and was a founding member of the RDR. source.

Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny

Marie-Thérèse Houphouët-Boigny (born 1931) was the First Lady of the Ivory Coast from 1960 to 1993. Her husband was Félix Houphouët-Boigny, the first President of Côte d'Ivoire.

She was one of six children, and was educated and living in France where she met Félix Houphouët-Boigny, some 25 years older than her and then married.

Houphouët-Boigny caught the eye of the media as a woman of beauty and grace after a 1962 visit to the Kennedy White House, and was dubbed "Africa's Jackie" by a starstruck media.

In 1987, while still First Lady, she founded the N'Daya International Foundation, dedicated to improving the health, welfare, and education of children in Africa. As the Foundation's president, she lead numerous projects in support of children.

In 1990, she helped create and produce a cartoon, Kimboo, to offer cartoon heroes to African children. source