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Diverse City and Diversifying dolls

Representation matters – Montreal dads, Yannick & Gaetan, founded YMMA, a company that creates Black dolls dressed in Afro Chic handmade outfits made in Africa with ethnic and urban fabrics. Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed reports.

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