DUGA JAK LTD. - Arts, Crafts and Ethnic Artefacts (Worldwide)
Duga Jak began as a fashion design and tailoring business founded by proprietress Ramou Nyang in 1969. Ramou studied fashion design and tailoring in the UK prior to establishing the business in the Gambia, leading to its success as one of the country's premier fashion houses.
Duga Jak now have an outlet in Birmingham in the the UK to market African and European fashion garments and also arts, crafts and ethnic artefacts from around the world. These include:-
Garments -- Outfits -- Textiles -- Embroidery -- Silverware -- Drums -- Instruments -- Basketwork -- Wood carvings -- Beads -- Jewellery -- Wall hangings
Please view our Fashion, Arts / Crafts I, Arts / Crafts II, Textiles and Beads pages to see photos of a selection of our products.
We also supply resources for use in schools and other educational establishments; see the following:-
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We can supply artefacts from around the world to schools for educational use in the context of Art, Religious and Cultural studies. These may be purchased individually, in boxed sets, or on approval. Also a sale-or-return facilty is provided for school fairs/fetes from which the school can earn commission to boost school funds. Please view Resources for Schools for further details if you are interested in our range of exciting and inexpensive items.
 African Approval Box |
 Chinese Approval Box |
 African Music Approval Box |
We can also supply art galleries and museums with artefacts and works of art from around the world. See our Resources for Schools pages for examples of the items available.
We believe in, and try to promote, the principles of Fair Trade. We aim to ensure that the people that make out artefacts are paid a fair wage and have good working conditions with appropriate safety standards.
Aji Ramou Ngum Nyang was one of the first female qualified designers trained in the UK. She returned to the Gambia in 1969 with a diploma certificate in designing and making of outfits ranging from European, Asian and African styles depicting their diverse cultures. She named the business Duga Jak which means Home of Fashion in the vernacular, ensuring beauty and quality to whoever enters her premises.
As a result of her enthusiasm, dedication and hard work, she brought finesse to the profession in the Gambia. She instantly became famous and has since had many awards for excellence and business prestige. A few of the awards are:
Gomis Promotions 1996, 1997, 1998, organised with Senegambia Hotel, Miss Jongoma Roots contest, organised with the Ministry of Tourism, and Miss Gambia Beauty contest organised with Kairaba Beach Hotel respectively. The recognition of her leadership quality and creativity has been amply demonstrated by her nomination as woman of excellence 2006 seamstress of the year.
She was also recently elected as president of the Association of Fashion Designers in the Gambia(AFDG). She is well known in the tourism industry and she has also actively promoted our traditional wares in the USA and Europe. She delivers total quality and high class tailoring and embroidery in European and African outfits for male, female and children.
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