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Young Entrepreneur – Nzinga Ajamu
Written by Jenny on June 18, 2008 
Eight-year-old Nzinga Ajamu has her very own jewelry-making business.
“I discovered my passion for making jewelry during my jewelry-making class in school,” she told the Daily News in Memphis, referring to a cultural arts curriculum course she took last year. “I enjoyed making jewelry so much that I asked my parents to buy beads for me so I could make more jewelry. Also, I made a necklace, bracelet and ponytail holder to wear to school. … When I would go places people would compliment me on my jewelry and they would say, ‘Where’d you get that jewelry?’ and I’d say, ‘I made it,’ and they could not believe that I made it.”
Nzinga’s creations were so attractive that people asked her to make jewellery for them as well, and before long she has a thriving business.
Nzinga comes up with the designs for the jewelry – sometimes, she said, the ideas come at night while she sleeps. She also sets her own prices and keeps up with all the orders.
“It’s her company and she handles everything herself,” Veda said. “And we do everything we can to keep it that way.”
But school always comes first, Nzinga’s mother, Veda, told the Daily News.
Education, Nzinga’s parents are teaching her, is the foundation to achieving the high goals the girl has set for herself. Nzinga doesn’t see Queen Nzinga’s Creations as just a fly-by-night business. This is just the beginning for what she hopes to achieve as a “grown-up.”
Already, Nzinga is envisioning having her own retail space to run her business, and developing a broader market and a larger production capability.
Meanwhile, she markets her creations through her website,
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