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Adolophine -Making Africa Her Business

This Mompreneur is making Africa her business, literally. 

Adolophine is a home decor and Accessory company curating and celebrating artisans across the African continent. At Adolophine, we aim to celebrate the history, culture, and ARTIST-ans behind our products. Each of our carefully curated products not only tell a story but helps to preserve cultures and practices passed down from generation to generation. "Everyone on the Adolophine executive team is from a different African country with her own culture, story, and impact and just like our products, we mix and match to create something beautiful," explains our Founder and CEO Adolophine Lukabu Sheeley. "We are Africans bringing our products to the world."

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Adolophine is an African luxury brand founded in 2018 by mompreneur Adolophine Lukabu Sheeley in Harlem, NY, the company sources and designs authentic luxury African goods by partnering up with artisans in countries across Africa. Each item is hand crafted with great attention to detail made with locally sourced materials.

Upstate-Based Online Boutique Adolophine Sells African Crafts Direct from Artisans

When Adolophine Lukabu Sheeley was ready to decorate her family’s part-time home in Kerhonkson, she wanted to incorporate colors and designs that spoke to her Congolese heritage. But the kind of modern yet tradition-inspired, authentic, African-made pieces she wanted were hard to find and terribly costly, and the profits were going to the middlemen, not the makers. 

A diplomat’s daughter, with heart and family in both worlds, Lukabu Sheeley took it upon herself to change that. So she built Adolophine, an online (for now) boutique where you can find authentic jewelry, bags, textiles and decor made by African artisans—and an online community where you can learn more about the many and varied cultures of Africa.