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I made a black prosthetic hand for my brother - and now it's my business

On New Year's Eve, 2017, Abokobong Amanam picked up what he thought was a firecracker.Β  But it was actually a firework which exploded blowing off two of his fingers.Β  WhenΒ his family tried to get him a fake hand, they could only find white-skinned or wooden ones.

So his elder brother, John, a sculptor who'd previously worked in special effects in movies, decided to step in, changing both their lives. He made a black hand for his brother - and has now started a business making black prostheses of other body parts.

(Video editor: Janet Ball. Video by Urenna Amadi)

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