Woven Worldwide is a socially-conscious home décor brand dedicated to producing high-quality, eco-credential, handcrafted baskets produced by intergenerational artisans. Our Canadian team is comprised of individuals with cosmopolitan experiences, global networks, and a genuine heart for Africa's trajectory. We are culturally plural. We are the children of immigrants. We collectively hold reverence to Fashion's interaction with humanity; asserting that it permits people, irrespective of their cultural and social affiliations to unite. Woven was born on a journey to Ghana in 2017. We witnessed elements of Ghana's time-honoured traditions like Shea, textile, and basketry production at the diligent hands of skilled female Artisans. As we built relationships with these women, they started sharing their economic and social opportunities and in unspoken ways, they each taught us about femininity, grace, and sustainability. Understanding each of their needs required us to remove unconscious biases about Africa, luxury, and marginalized groups of people. We needed to see life from their reality. As we built relationships, our Founder knew then that she was called to partner with these women. Looking back, I guess you can say these women and I weaved symbolic exchanges of knowledge and cultural practices. Although the assortment of our products is woven by hand, the company name speaks of an ideology; a blend of skill sets acquired throughout my personal and professional experiences, the indigenous beauty of ancestral weaving techniques that our Partners exemplify, and a higher purpose of coming together as Humanity.