Ghanaian fashionista and entrepreneur, Osebo The Zaraman has revealed that “Until you die, you can never tell what you’d achieve,” buttressing with an inspiring story from his own life.
Osebo The Zaraman disclosed his little beginnings and the menial jobs he did in the past.
“I come from a poor family. There was a time I walked from Bechem to Nkekaasu [60.1km], I was 10. I was a shoeshine boy. On my way, whenever I saw people working on a gutter, I’d join them. I’ve hawked Fan Ice and Fan Yogo. I’ve cut and sold firewood. I’ve sewn sacks and I have been kayayei [head porter] before.”
Osebo The Zaraman
The popular fashionista emphasised he had suffered and toiled, adding that when he sees someone suffering, he is reminded of his pain. Against all odds, “I told myself I ought to succeed,” he said.
“Due to this, I’ve never borrowed money before. I took it upon myself to be my deprived family’s bosiako [one who devotes himself to fighting for others]. I accepted to sacrifice myself and take care of my father and siblings, and so I dropped out of school at Form 4 to push a [market] truck.”
Osebo The Zaraman
His voice trembled, and not even his dark glasses could hide his hot tears.
When he briefly recovered, he told the story of a man who took another man into his house, “changed his clothes, and had him work as his houseboy”.
“The man’s original clothes were tattered. When he received new clothes, he tied the old ones under a tree. Every morning, he would go look at the clothes under the tree, and come do his work diligently.
“One day, the man’s wife told her husband, ‘I am sure Atongo has cast a spell on you because every morning he goes under that big tree before he comes to work. When you return from work and see the work he’s done, you give him money. It all makes sense now’.”
Osebo The Zaraman
The fashionista stated that not long after the conversation with his wife, the man saw Atongo go to the tree, noting that the man followed him [Atongo].
“When he got there, he saw Atongo weeping in front of his old clothes. He asked Atongo why he cried. He asked if his wife and children had hurt him. Atongo answered, ‘No, Sir. However, anytime I rise from bed I come to look at my previous situation, my old and tattered clothes, but you met me, had mercy on me, and changed it all. I have reasoned not to do anything to cause you to drive me away into these old clothes’.”
Osebo The Zaraman
He struggled to finish the story because he had helplessly resumed crying.
Osebo, born Richard Brown, landed the point of his story amidst tears, saying: “When I do donations, it is from an understanding that I’ve also suffered.”
He further expressed his gratitude to God for His blessings.
“When I am expressing kindness, I don’t bother about quantity or amount. My kindness is to honor my covenant with God so I am not returned to the deep and dark pit I was once in. And if I am not blessed, my child surely will be.”
Osebo The Zaraman
How Okyeame Kwame Inspired Osebo’s Fashion Brand
Osebo The Zaraman disclosed that Okyeame Kwame motivated him to create the Osebo brand.
He revealed the reason Okyeame Kwame refused to do a video for him.
“He once came to buy Gucci shoes from me. I asked him to do a video for me but he refused. He said he would have gladly done it were it Osebo-branded, and posted it on social media. I pondered over this for a while and one day decided to do it.”
Osebo The Zaraman
He said the Osebo (OS) shoes had been “launched already” but he recently traveled to get a new set to restock his shop.
He fondly displayed the Limited Edition of Osebo (LEO) shoes with red soles. “This is a new model that I went to produce during my travels,” the fashion entrepreneur revealed. “So if I stayed unusually long in Italy, it was because of this.”
Osebo emphasized that he didn’t want his children to suffer [financially] so he created the Osebo brand.
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