The idea of M’simbi was inspired by a 6 year old Zambian girl called Lindiwe. Lindiwe was very unhappy with how she looked. She was not happy with her hair and her skin colour. Her mother, Mainga, wondered why this was so. When asked, Lindiwe said she wanted to look like her friends in school with long silky hair and lighter skin , it was then realized that children are very much influenced by the images they see and the dolls they play with, they actually see themselves in