NKULI MLANGENI, 36, FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NINEVITES
Nkuli’s love for travelling was ignited by her mom sending her away to visit relatives during school holidays. As she grew older, so did her fascination with life in other countries. She first lived between Mozambique and Swaziland in 2004. Then in 2006, with no plan other than wanting to feed her curiosity, she explored Malawi, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Kenya and Mozambique over six months. Between 2009 and 2012, she got invited on artist residencies all over Europe, then received a scholarship to study art in Switzerland. While doing research on the global textile design industry for her dissertation, Nkuli spent four months in South America with her daughter, during which she lived beween Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil and…
