Sarah Nakisanze

Sarah Nakisanze is a fashion designer, educator, and researcher from Kampala, Uganda, known for her work with indigenous materials, particularly barkcloth, in eco-product design. Quotes Our Vision is to sustainably revitalize the Ugandan eco-cultural heritage fabric to sustain livelihoods, therefore, generating new value for the barkcloth fabric through the application of an innovative mix of old and new knowledge. Our company and brand is both unique and eco-chic, based on Fair Trade art and fashion, and branded LUSUSU, which means “simply authentic”. Our customers also appreciate our eco-production values. Barkcloth is the main fabric used, a felt cloth from the bark of a fig tree and sustainably harvested by men through the application of an ancient technology, which is non-machinery and non-chemical using human hands with the help of man-made simple tools. My passion for playing with fabric at an early stage translated into a business When the LUSUSU product stirs emotions... then people decide to buy and own; quite encouraging to keep the fire burning. BARKCLOTH’ is a unique International cultural heritage fabric, sustainably harvested by hand from the ‘Mutuba’ tree (Fig tree) in Uganda. External link Category: living people Category: women Category: fashion designers Category: educators