Sarah Diouf - Tongoro - The Story Teller
Hi Y'all! I am continuing my series on African Fashion designers. Previously, I have featured Imane Ayissi , and Colle Sow Ardo. Today, I am going to talk about Sarah Diouf and her fashion brand Tongoro. Sarah Diouf Compared to the previous designers we have discussed, Sarah Diouf is relatively young in the game. She launched Tongoro in 2016. And she is has already dressed Beyonce several times for her music videos and world tours. Altough this can be considered as her biggest achievement, Tongoro is much more than that. And today I am going to take you on a deep dive about the brand. Sarah Diouf is the founder of Tongoro. She calls herself a "Child of Africa from West to Center" because her mother is Central African and Senegalese, her father is Congolese and Senegalese and she grew up in Ivory Coast. She was born in Paris, where she returned to complete a masters in marketing and communication. In 2008, she established a quaterly digital magazine titled ...
