I truly believe women are queens and I would like to celebrate us. 

Born and raised in the Ivory Coast, I grew up around Akan* goldweights (poids Baoulé in the Ivory Coast), gold plated goodies, pearls, beads and all sorts of ornaments.

I’ve always loved jewelry and as a teenager I was always wearing multiple bracelets and necklaces, mix-matching and layering them. As a matter of fact you could hear me coming from a distance from the clicking noise my jewelries would make. 

As a kid, my sister and I would make bracelets from hair threads and recycled materials that we would sell to family and friends for 100 fcfa (25 cents). For Christmas I would ask Santa (my parents…) for jewelry making kits so I can make my own jewelries. So it was when a couple of years later my passion for making jewelry came back to me and in 2016 I had the idea to start a jewelry brand.

Jewelry is part of my identity just like my culture is, so it’s only natural that I start a jewelry brand that would showcase my culture in the most vibrant way. 

In Ohema by Eba, I want to create a brand that looks like me. By looking like me I mean Akan, elegant, sophisticated yet approachable. My pieces are dainty, using high quality hypoallergenic materials such as 925 sterling silver 14k gold plated, and incorporating authentic pieces from the Ivory Coast such as Akan goldweights (Poids Baoulé). 

Through Ohema by Eba I want to promote the beauty of West African culture through jewelry. 

*The Akan are a meta-ethnicity living in Ghana and Ivory Coast. Akan art is wide-ranging and renowned, especially for the tradition of crafting bronze gold weights, using the lost-wax casting method. The Akan culture reached South America, the Caribbean, and North America.