My PRAYER was NOT to raise my KIDS in the UK... Glitz Africa CEO Claudia LUMOR
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
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Claudia Lumor is a Ghanaian Publisher, founder of Glitz Africa Magazine and the Glitz Style Awards. She is also the Executive Producer of Glitz Africa Fashion Week Ghana. She is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University with a B.A in Economics and Law. She also studied Corporate Finance Law at Westminster Law School in London.
Courageous. Loyal. Ambitious. Understanding. Diligent. Innovative. Artistic. That’s just the tip of the iceberg of who Claudia Lumor is.
Claudia Lumor is the visionary and mastermind behind the ever-growing Glitz Africa brand. Being very passionate about Africa, every project she conceives is inspired by the desire to change the African narrative to one of opportunities, diversity and growth.
Equally being an ardent advocate of maternal health and child welfare, Claudia in her role as Goodwill Ambassador of UNFPA goes out of her way to support women and children in vulnerable situations to make their lives better.
Claudia loves discovering and collaborating with young and hungry creatives especially in the fashion industry so that together, Ghana’s history-in-the-making in the fashion world would continue to be written with passion and hope for the better.
Fierce in the face of obstacles, she sees every setback as an opportunity to regroup and come back stronger in her pursuits. Thanks to her faith in God and her determination, the Glitz brand stands as strong as ever.
She worked at Santander Bank UK and later moved to Ghana to work with Stanbic Bank in 2010. Lumor was named amongst the speakers of WomanRising, a network for women entrepreneurs. The event featured five women in entrepreneurship: Kafui Danku, Deloris Frimpong Manso, Ekow Mensah, Vera Osei-Bonsu and Cynthia Quarcoo. She was included in the list of 50 young Chief executive officers in Ghana by Avance Media and The YCEO.
On the Diaspora Transition, she talks about her migration to Ghana and her motivation for NOT raising her kids in GANG-infested communities in the UK..
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Young creative entrepreneur of the year - British Council Fashion And Design 2015
Startup and Entrepreneur of the year - Ghana Startup Awards 2017
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once again Dentaa is show casing the courage and tenacity, of our people, The western Powers are changing for the worse (for the majority) while Africa is breaming with opportunity. Hearing our sisters story, is inspiring to others who are scared to take that risk, not realising that no Risk no reward. chale....great video, family.
What about your communist friend China. Are they changing for the worse
@@gibson2675 erm..ok..thank you for that...
Do you watch videos of Jim Nduruchi Kenya 🇰🇪
@@irenedavo3768 no pls send a link...what do they talk about
The land of black beauty no bleaching we uphold you ladies
They are truly gorgeous!
@@sweetbadd9852 But many of you Africans wear our hair. You guys call it Weave. Look at the wig she wears.
My African friend sed it is because you people are desperate to be like us
@@time4advancement244 There are those who want to be like you and there are those who are comfortable in themselves. I have never worn those types of wigs in my life and never will. Have a good day.
@@sweetbadd9852 Not talking about you specifically, but in general.
Just look at the lady in this video 👀
@@time4advancement244 Well don't forget you guys are getting cancer in tanning salons you want to look like us???? 😂 😂 😂. May I also politely enlighten you on how our hairstyles were discouraged out of jealousy. Dreadlocks were actively stereotyped and Afros discouraged in schools so you can't turn around and think that didn't impact on Africans and their image. Your people have fillers for lips to make them voluminous like ours. So when your finger is pointing in our direction 4 are pointing back at you. Racism itself conditions people with messages of insecurity and self dislike. So bin that idea we are now very much on the path to our full emancipation African hair is trending. Guess what even some white women wear extensions to give thin hair volume.
Brilliant Interview. Amazes me how your African husband supported you during your ventures in the UK. Proof Long-distance relationships DO work. Keep saying this.
Betterment for you all now. I know that life, so the most high will remain with me until I return to it. Enjoy.
P.E.A.C.E
Our Ghanaian woman is so powerful and never give up,I hope this inspires our daughters to work hard and dream a dream to achieve,thanks as always for great inspirational contents.
Well said
Wonderful story. I agree with her on the reasons why she did not want to raise her children in the U.K. I share the same sentiments on why I do not want to have children in the U.S. I want my children to have a life where they are using their minds creatively and are in a position to build a life by using their talents to create opportunities for themselves and others where ever they live in Africa. Yes, things are fully developed in the West, and they will never be equal in this system, no matter how high their education. Africa is not the future, it is the present, and Africans must be the ones to take Africa forward.
Well done my Sisters, you're doing wonderful,
I'm also an expatriate stayed in Holland for 32 years , I'm back home a few months ago trying to make something happen here, hope to connect with you sometime in the near future, Stay blessed.
I love the glitz magazine set up.
It looks great, Tumbs up
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The melanin is so beautiful 😍
Love the idea of showing a positive narrative. Great interview
Facts, so many with no knowledge speaking and moving into Africa, quick sharp. Respect to those with genuine intentions.
P.E.A.C.E
Such an inspirational Conversation ♥️
U did well having the intentions living in Ghana🙇
The slavery within our own circles in europe here, must stop.
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A process for those who are not from Ghana, or whose families are not from Ghana, like me. My family are all from the Republic of Guyana, South America, but I have Ghana on the radar (preferably Kumasi and Cape Town). Thank you.
For sure Ghanaians know how to accommodate individuals who are not natives of Ghana more better than Ghanaians native. In my opinion you will be in good hand with ODANA network. Currently, I am in school. But would take a step back home. Hopefully after education.
@@ebenofori3048 It is no different than how we are treated in Guyana or the Caribbean. Foreigners are treated with more urgency than natives. Peculiar, but that's how it works, I guess. I have Ghanaian friends to help me with questions, but my main interest is finding professional (entrepreneurial) networks to connect with prior to traveling to Ghana.
@@aetjr69 The ODANA Network I believe have a survey that helps you to enroll into a professional community which helps you with connecting you with professionals. I'm in New York and any need to communicate, please do not hesitate.
@@ebenofori3048 Yes, I completed the Survey Monkey process. I am in Atlanta, but lived in Brooklyn (ENY, Flatbush, Crown Heights) for 15 years, after migrating from Guyana. Would love to connect and get your perspectives on things. Are you Ghanaian?
@@aetjr69 Yes I am a Ghanaian. And in Manhattan . Kumasi area depending on the location less congested than the Accra. Let me know the best mean to get in-touch with you. Thanks
Excellent interview. Claudia is absolutely right about the limitations and restrictions in the UK. It is better for her to live like a Queen in her own land; and, for her Princes to be groomed into Kings. Question: Is the Glitz Magazine available in the Caribbean and/or USA?
We agree!
"Limitations and restrictions" is an understatement. The UK is the graveyard of Black people's dreams...
@@buthlezi3405 Experiences vary. I know Black people who have achieved things in the UK that they were not able to back home. We can't generalise.
@@oma7698 I can say that for myself too - but the bar is too low in the UK. The opportunities to grow are far greater in Africa...
@@buthlezi3405 I agree with your point. But you can't make a blanket statement on the issue. Africa is indeed beautiful and fertile. But we all come from different circumstances. Say, a woman fleeing a patriarchal system that would not let her pursue her goals back home but in the UK is assisted to flourish. Or a person with a disability fleeing an ableist society back home that consigned them to poverty, but in the UK is given equal opportunity, access to education and social care. Or a person with a health condition that makes them 'taboo' back home but is integrated and provided for in the UK. Such people are first looking to live before you talk of growth and their homeland may not even be supporting that. I am very much pro-Africa but we must recognise that there are some instances where a person from Africa can be better off in the UK, in spite of racism. To generalise that "the UK is the graveyard of Black people's dreams" is to make an unsubstantiated assertion. Sometimes, the soup rejected as too spicy by one person is just right for another.
Wow this interview is so so so good and informative .
Just love ❤️ what you do. Am ready to come home 🇬🇭 my motherland.
Wonderful
Love love loved this conversation. Claudia is a FORCE. Thank you Dentaa, for the phenomenal work you're doing to highlight success stories in Ghana. 💛
Wow Claudia!! Very, very intelligent to the core. If we could get a few thousand folks like her, God knows what. Moving back to Ghana (Africa), is a whole journey and not a onetime thing. There are people who've never opened any business before yet once in Africa they think "their way or the highway.". Not everything in the west are a cakewalk. Sometimes it is thereafter comes the obstacles. "Too high to get over or too low to get under." I have been there before. Congrats Claudia and team Glitz.
Powerful statement that mind set
Respect to you. Proof long distance does work. I applied to the British army in the 90s, didn't join. Thanks to army mum's and wives.
As an African-Caribbean who lives in the UK. This is very impressive. I totally get the know what you want and need to know about life in the UK. Trying somewhere different. I have Only good pics vids and words/experiences about life in Africa, from Africans. In God's and I's agreed time I will be there God willing.
Great interview.
Peace and blissings
Raising children in the UK is not all bad, it just depends on where you live really. There are numerous safe areas to live and raise children and this is coming from someone who raised children in both countries which I'm glad I did because its given them the best of both worlds and extended their network through the educational institutions attended and the culture and way of living in general.
Well done!
Well said 👏
Completely agree!
I agree with you
I love the sincerity of your heart, Claudia. Great interview👍
Wow. Thank you for that interview. Claudia is an inspiration. I wish both of you continued success.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful sister with a powerful message. This is what we need to to my black people learn and reimburse our lands and industry. Destroy the corrupted governments and replace it with a true democracy!
Thank God it worked for her. We still waiting for our Visa to UK
Yeap it shall come to pass by faith
You got the best opportunity in Ghana
@@Godmann2 list some
Ho Odanna, I follow you and I'm really inspired by the amount of people moving to the continent. I was born in England grew up in Barbados and like in Canada. I visited Ghana in 2021 love it and I'm returning for Christmas this year. I'm traveling with my mother my sister's two of my sons abd a friend. I'm trying to find a house to rent for five weeks big enough for seven adults at lease five rooms. Could you help me
Nice and informative video, indeed ! ! Keep 'em COMIN' ! ! 👌🏾👍🏾✌🏾👉🏾
Thank you! Will do!
@@ODANANETWORK You're WELCOME 👌🏾👍🏾✌🏾👉🏾
I love Claudia 🥰🥰🥰 she's a very strong woman
I love this Lady, she is very, very inspirational
Denta please interview the lady who held the hibs hair fashion show
Wow! Thoses ladies are so attractive & look at there skin tone
Play on the home turf , you always Win
I really love the mind set of Claudia and being behind the scenes she wants to celebrate and create a platform for others to thrive, this are people who need to be celebrated and not so called slay queens making noise all over social media
UK is a very challenging place to live as a Black person. Fact.
Thanks for doing what you are for some people are having difficulties.
Another expo. Great job 👌
I am so happy i watched this episode.
As always, you have done it again. Such a great, positive and inspiring interview with Claudia. It's so good to see that Claudia has achieved alot since returning to Ghana, and I love the fact that her passion for what she does gives her the energy to keep working harder. I wish her the very best and may she remain blessed 🙏🏽. And thanks again for bringing this interview to us, and remain blessed too 🙏🏽
I love your dress Dentaa! Great interview.
Love this 😍
Very brilliant, charming lady. She is my client, never met her though but we always spoke on phone. Great admiration for her.
Wow, who would've known you if you were still in the UK 🇬🇧? Africa is really giving the chance to its young people.
Highly inspirational
Dentaa never disappoints. Mrs Lumor is one of a kind. Great asset to our motherland Ghana..❤❤🇬🇭🇬🇭
Very inspirational interview 👏🏿 🙌🏿
This is incredible!
Thank you for another awesome interview and video, I'm in the USA and I would like to get her magazines over here in the USA is there away that I can.
You are so welcome! contact her via her website or social platforms in the bio
Great job too much opportunities in Africa
Hello I love you show
I'm a carribian, living in the UK with my grown-up kids and we're thinking of migrating to Ghana. Please advise me how to go about it..
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Visit and see first and then plan make connections
Book a 3months visit and come study the terrain, then u can make an informed decision.. Good Luck
Thanks for the info
Joan i am going to visit for 6 weeks next summer with my daughter and grandson. Then I can make an informed decision....I am from the Carribbean
Beautiful and Brilliant Claudia 👏🏾
At the moment, I'm a back and forther 😆.
Great piece
You are so beautiful! I am jealous of you Ghanaian women. I cannot believe you are mothers too.😊
21 and I’m trying to work my A$$ off so I don’t raise my kids in the USA 🙌🏾… I’m moving back !!
But haven't said that I still love your show very educational ❤🔥😍🥰❣👍🏾🙏🏾
Claudia, my daughter's name sake also studied KNUST,a very intelligent, vibrant,awesome brilliant lady, will contact U whenever l come home, thumbs up for U & Dentaa!!!
In this interview the guest spoke of the concept of “white privilege” but in the Ghanaian context. In Ghana, the ‘school mates’ system is akin to white privilege in the west.
I suppose in its black privelege
Hmmm ! Claudia is right . With 2 Degree and masters and am still out of work and very options are available for me and you can guess the sort of work in this Covid era.
I feel your pain - I am in the same boat. We must really weigh our options - the UK is a dead end and a wasteland...
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God I love this. Such an inspiration
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I think that all you Diasporas from the various countries
She is amazing
Well done
Glad to see that moor and moor of our people are deciding to not raise their children in the UK. It's a wise decision to make. Because the next generations will be the ones to truly #MakeAfricaGreatAgain without debris of colonialism and without the stench of neo-colonialism. ✊🏿🙏🏿✊🏿🙏🏿✊🏿🙏🏿
@Sheron Edge not just Africa
We can critic things and the morality of our critics lies in our ability to be grateful to what is good. You have been in the UK and in Ghana you go on UA-cam to say ''you knew you don't want to raise fully your children in the UK because Ghana gives you family value, in Ghana you rely on each other. etc' isn't morally right.
In the UK even the poor can go to hospital and be treated, people can get some forms of social supports,these are values.
You have been there and in Ghana you should be grateful to what is good and if there are points you didn't like you can also talk about.
If you love the UK stay there that is your choice, somebody furthermore has the choice of where they want to raise their children as adequately is their choice moreover. what is good is relative, depending on who you ask.
@@TWUMKWAME5 You don't understand what I am talking about. I am not stupid to consider people have no choice. I am not stupid to ignore the necessity to reconcile relativity and certainty. What I am saying is about being grateful. She has been in the UK and moved to Ghana her country of origin and she justify it by saying she doesn't want to raise her kid in the UK because Ghana offer family values, the count on one another, etc. is there not any family value in the UK?
My point is she should have justified her choice not by undermine the place she has been into. She can't full account to her story without taking into account her time in the UK, so if today she is able to move to Ghana and to do something, her time in the UK has been a contribution. We need to be grateful to the little things. It is in this perspective it is not necessary to say she doesn't want to raise her kid there because Ghana offer family values, etc. Gratefulness is what I am talking about.
For saying about gangs of the youth. Working during her time at the university
First of all it should be her choice but not to generalized it.. Also nobody is forced to work during your time at the university.. She is a lovely person but unfortunately she is only selling herself and product to the public..
You missed what she meant about family values it's never same
Of course you gotta go back and forth to London for your weaves
And to get her children UK passports 🙄
@@Venus20000 Her children will have UK citizenship whether they are born in the UK or not - she is a British citizen...
@@buthlezi3405 no they won’t, born outside of the UK will they will get British residence.
@@Venus20000 I guess this undermines her love for Ghana. Why is British citizenship so important for her children even though she doesn't want to raise them there ?
@@buthlezi3405 contradicting,
The truth is that colonialism and neo-colonialism has made is so much that growing up on the continent one is "indoctrinated" to see more value outside. It is mostly when you are outside that you tend to see the value of community, culture and traditions with all the identity protection that it gives. The freedom just to be human and not just black.
No bleaching is the NAPPY *Natural and Happy* movement check the NAPPY movement in Martinique and the Carribbean,Reunion.All the oversees Territories ,in fact.
I really hate that word, why would you move back to ghana, as if ghana is hell on earth.
Majority of Ghanaians will chose to school or live outside Ghana should the opportunity arise.. Thus, in changing the status quo, the question was a devil advocates type, to say why did she not follow the norm?? Hope you understand
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Yes it's the failed institutions, the political connectivity, "to whom you know" issues that makes Ghana looks like hell on earth. Otherwise, it would been a more prefect than paradise on earth.
I hope you will understand if you had that, "travel & see" experience.
It's because we're not men and women enough to face up to the fact that we're to stand and fight to build our country ourselves. Note those European countries are over 100 centuries old. We were just cobbled together some 60 years ago and we want to be and look like them? Take a look at our teachers who educated their children some fifty years ago and look at the difference between them and the uneducated families living next to them.
Still having the European undertones!. Having kids in Europe
Sonia, healthcare is not yet up to scratch in many countries in Africa. If you have the privilege why wouldn't go and have your children safely in Europe? After all isn't that the benefit of dual nationality?? Healthcare is getting better in Ghana but it is very slow, my health comes first and so I would do anything to protect it. That being said, we need foreign doctors and medical professionals to give back. We have great doctors in Ghana but some of the expertise is lacking which those from abroad can contribute to the growth of the healthcare industry
All these beautiful African women....still wearing weave and fake hair!!! WHY!!!! We say we have all this pride but continue to wear wigs and yak. We are so beautiful!!! But continue to hold on to the colonizers standard of beauty!!!
They are from the UK and hold colonizers passports as well as their beauty standards.
Long flowing Chinese hair😛😛😜
Help me understand why give birth to your kids in Europe and not In your home land of Ghana ?
Because she wants her kids to have an advantage in life, she knows deep down that having a UK passport for her kids is beneficial.
@@Ashanti_flower24 so you would have me believe having a European passport will make life easier for black people ha ha this is why Africa will always be discriminated against because her own people discriminate against her
@@karenbroomes3259 not disagreeing. I'm from US. But why give birth to kids on a whole other continent? Unless she felt Ghana was lacking in something. She had to value UK for something to want her kids to be born there. Who travels AWAY from family and friends to have their children.
I love Claudia 🥰🥰🥰 she's a very strong woman