PHOTO GALLERY: Inspired by trip to Africa, MU student turns headbands into business

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January 14, 2013 | 6:00 a.m. CST

MU student Christen Edmonds started Bandiez Couture headband business as a way to travel back to Swaziland on mission trips.

MU student Christen Edmonds spends time with one of the princesses of Swaziland and her son, Obama, during her second Heart for Africa mission trip in July 2011. | Submitted photo

Edmonds and some Swazi children wear her Bandiez Couture headbands on her second Heart for Africa mission trip in July 2011. | Submitted photo

Edmonds smiles next to a Swazi boy on her second Heart for Africa mission trip. | Submitted photo