She hopes to expand the business by including male dolls and dolls that represent children with disabilities
Leeds mum Olivia Thompson who set up Akila Dolls to ensure that her daughter had a doll which represented her. Picture: PA Wire
The 32-year-old added that she wanted her first doll to be based on Bessie Coleman because she had a"fascinating" story.to learn to become a pilot because she couldn't do it in America because was a woman and she was black. She also had to learn to speak French and I think it is such an important story to tell young people, especially girls, and show them this fantastic figure who had to overcome so many hurdles to achieve her dream and she did it.
"It is important to have people's advice because these are the people that are going to be buying the dolls and they will have children represented through these dolls," she said."Because I want to give them something they deserve to have and something they should have had a long time ago." "It's nice to see her little ideas come to life and she's always telling me: 'Mummy, we should do this', and it's lovely that at her young age, she's got this passion and drive and wants to be so involved", Ms Thompson said."And it's nice for her to have something that represents her culture and what she looks like her."Ms Thompson added that she also goes into Amira's school to work on projects to make the environment as inclusive as possible.
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