Our traditional wedding was a day filled with colour, prayer, culture, and so much love. The kind of love that reminds you no one arrives anywhere alone.
Looking through these, I keep thinking about community. How healing it is to be witnessed. How beautiful it is to be held by people who have prayed for you, shaped you, encouraged you and walked beside you through different versions of yourself.
This season has stretched me in many ways. Joy and uncertainty. Gratitude and exhaustion. Celebration and reflection existing side by side.
But maybe that’s what growing really looks like.
Not becoming someone entirely new overnight, but slowly gathering the courage to step more fully into yourself.
And for that, I’m deeply thankful 🤍
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Photos: @stevemorrism
For our full list of vendors, check out my substack (link in bio).
The heart of my second dress was: story. Woven Kuba and raffia in honour of the journeys gone before us. With materials sourced from Kinshasa, Lagos, Accra and London over a period of 6 months. Numerous messages, calls, sourcing. Led by vision.
photos by @stevemorrism
ft:
@saobyrami@saadiasanusi@kubabyrai
The first morning of becoming a wife was one of quiet certainty, soft light and the warmth of those who love me. It was a transition marked by several months and moments of stretching, prayer, grief and grace. That morning, I watched everything happening around me - the hustle and bustle, the getting ready, the pulling and pushing and smiling - yet internally, there was a confident shift into something new and fully surrendered. The miracle of a God of grace who brings everything together. The God who walks the journey and declares there will be victory. The God who holds time and calls dry bones back to life.
The God who holds the story.
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Thank you to everyone who helped bring the vision to life. A full list of vendors is now on my substack (link in bio or: sanaa.substack.com)
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Perfectionism often looks like discipline.
But underneath, it’s usually fear in a better outfit.
Growth requires movement, not perfection.
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#MindsetSeries
#HereAre3Ways
#InnerWork
#PersonalGrowth
#mindsetshift
Fear doesn’t always shout.

Sometimes it quietly shapes the decisions we make, the risks we avoid, and the lives we settle for.
I’ve learned that fear often disguises itself as wisdom, caution, or “being realistic.”

But over time, it can keep us playing small and disconnected from purpose.
This is a reminder that fear doesn’t have to lead your future.

Small, intentional steps matter.
Honest prayer matters.
Trust matters.
You don’t need to be fearless.
You just need to be willing.
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#fearandfaith #faithandwellness #mentalwellbeing #purposeoverfear #mindbodyspirit
2016 was a year of becoming.
I was finishing medical school, travelling across Southern Africa, starting work as a junior doctor, performing on small stages in London, and learning how to hold multiple callings without shrinking any of them.
At the time, it felt scattered.
In hindsight, it was formation.
Becoming the artist taught me how to listen.
Becoming the doctor taught me how to carry responsibility.
Travel taught me how to see.
Faith taught me how to keep going when things didn’t fit neatly.
What looked like detours were actually preparation.
If you’re in a season that feels unfinished or hard to explain, trust this:

Not everything meaningful arrives fully formed.
Some things are integrated slowly, honestly, and on purpose.
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1 - photographed by my @eloosunde in Firenze. What a time
2 - On the @vocalsandverses stage
3 - On call
4 - Somewhere in South Africa
5 - Victoria Hospital, Cape Town
6 - First photo when my feet hit the ground
7 - Graduation
8 - On stage at @svafilmfest
9 - Almost died on a flight to Ghana to shoot this, shoot was almost called off but we pushed through
10 - A clip from W. It won an award and was screened in Tokyo, Yaounde, London and San Francisco. We were a small but mighty team, and the art spoke for itself
11 - En route to Robben Island
#life #becoming #DoctorLife #creativecalling #womeninmedicine
Here’s how it went down with Dr Sanaa for her bridal shower sesh! We laughed, yapped and glammed all the way🥰🥂💛
@paigeclarde | makeup
@smize.lashes_ | lashes
@strandsghana | hairstyling
@dufieboateng_official | outfit
@shopkhoi | accessories
#paigeclardebeauty #beauty #explore #wedding #fyp
God was indeed in every detail of this wedding. We had a pleasure styling Dr Sanaa for her traditional wedding event in Ghana. From the first call where Dr Sanaa spoke about the theme of her event being glory- there was intentional with her looks. From the understanding of the biblical implication of the colours of her outfit to select the kente, everything was done to the Glory of God.
Bride @drsanaabiti
Bride Stylist @saobyrami
Designer @saadiasanusi
Kente @prestigekente
Makeup Artist @reggies_makeovers
Hairstylist #StrandsGhana
Content Creator @reelsbyihunanya
Planner @purpleoystereventsgh
