Mallence bart-williams biography sample
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Mallence Bart-Williams was born in Cologne, Germany. She is a Sierra Leonean writer and filmmaker and a German fashion designer. She pursued her studies in economics and finance in Paris, Singapore, and Great Britain. Today she lives across the globe, produces an all-natural cosmetics line in Hong Kong, and is the founder and creative director of the Freetown-based creative collective FOLORUNSHO, a ‘SHARITY’ that she initiated with street kids in Sierra Leone.
Mallence Bart-Williams was born in Cologne, Germany. She is a Sierra Leonean writer and filmmaker and a German fashion designer. She pursued her studies in economics and finance in Paris, Singapore, and Great Britain. Today she lives across the globe, produces an all-natural cosmetics line in Hong Kong, and is the founder and creative director of the Freetown-based creative collective FOLORUNSHO, a ‘SHARITY’ that she initiated with street kids in Sierra Leone.
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Mallence Bart-Williams was born in Cologne (Germany) from a German mother and a Sierra-Leonese father. Her father, Gaston Bart-Wiliams, was a writer activist and the first film director of Sierra Leone. After the ten year long civil war in Sierra-Leone, she was finally able to revisit to her father’s country in , where she met street children from the notorious Lion Base Gang. She felt compelled to do Something and eventually founded the creative collective Folorunsho with 21 street kids. Their design collaborations were sold internationally and with the proceeds the kids were able to go to school and pay for school fees accommodation, etc&#; Mallence is a multifaceted creative social entrepreneur and has explored the realms of writing, publishing, film making, creative direction and fashion design among other things. She pursued her studies in economics and finance in Paris, Singapore, and Great Britain. Today she lives and works across the globe, producing an all-natural co
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Patrice Bart-Williams
German reggae singer
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| Birth name | Patrice Bart-Williams |
| Also known as | Patrice Babatunde |
| Born | () 9 July (age&#;45) Cologne, Germany |
| Genres | Sweggae |
| Years active | –present |
| Labels | Supow Music |
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Musical artist
Patrice Babatunde Bart-Williams (born 9 July ), better known as Patrice, is a German reggae singer, songwriter and record producer. Born in Germany to a Sierra Leonean father and a German mother, Patrice grew up listening to Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, Champion Jack Dupree, högsta Romeo, Buju Banton, dancehall and hip hop music, writing his own songs from the age of
Early life
[edit]Patrice was born the same day his paternal grandfather died, causing his father to give him the middle name, "Babatunde", which means "the father has returned". His first name was inspired by Patrice Lumumba. Patrice's father, Gaston Bart-Williams, a Sierra Leone Creole, was the country's first spelfilm director.