Africa Bag / Backpack - Brown Leather (Medium)

The vision of an Africa bag did not come to me as a mere idea, but in a dream I had of a woman wearing Africa on her back while walking down an isle. A dream that took me on a 4year journey designing  a ‘had never been done before’ concept of an Africa map bag --to now worldwide known as our classic signature bag.

‘The Black-owned Label reshaping the luxury bag’ --as ESSENCE MAGAZINE brands us to be — has personally humbled me with life lessons of following a dream. This journey has come with a lot of sacrifice and learnings; impossibles made possibles; seeing the perfections in imperfections; an intriguing tale spun by the finest of weavers, it seems.—Weaving through even my personal life to seek purpose in my pain and to find purpose in a narrow tunnel of fashion with a lantern of light, exhibiting not only our African inspired fashion but reshaping the minds and narratives around Africa.

PHILOSOPHY
I am not African because I was born in Africa, I am African because Africa is born in me and my style. | 

The ALKEBULAN Collection.

Dearest,
I am not the storyteller, YOU ARE! You wearing your Africa bags and Africa purses with pride, telling your story to the world. That is where I find my joy. I hope these Motherland bags bring about an intimate connection with Africa —being inspired by her love to the world to be proud to carry her— illuminating love, unity regardless of your race, color and background; seeing us all as one human beings.

But personally and more importantly for me, reconnecting all African descendants together--celebrating our home, our love for each other, our heritage, our diverse beauty in identity, our art, our culture and many more by telling our everyday stories with pride and in style.

I want to leave you with this message to inspire your journey too, no matter what it is; Remember, I was just a dreamer, who just made a dream a reality and today a black-owned luxury bag brand rewriting history and carrying the culture with pride in style. This is only to say possibilities begin when you start to believe. 

~ Archyn Orijin (( Founder & Creative Designer)

Domestic Shipping(USA)

• FREE SHIPPING OPTION (Estimated delivery within 5-8 Business Days) 
• EXPRESS SHIPPING OPTION (Estimated delivery within 1-2 Business Days)

Time: All our domestic shipments are done via our trusted partners (USPS, UPS and DHL) who give an array of shipping time options including (Express Shipping which is 1-2 days). Although we do our best in processing, fulfilling and shipping orders within 1-2 business days, our standard process and shipping timeframe is 8 business days. In addition, we also provide you a tracking number once a product has been fulfilled and left our facility, so that you can track your package. Items over $100 come with a complimentary FREE Priority Shipping. (USA Only).

International Shipping
We ship out your product typically within 1-2days although standard processing is up to 7 days per our policy. Please note: Every country has its own clearance and logistic approach with regards to imported goods received which we respectfully abide via our trusted international courier services (USPS, UPS, FEDex and DHL). We suggest you check your country's custom laws and also percentage duties your country my charge upon arrival. We also provide you a tracking number once a product has been fulfilled and left our facility so that you can track the journey all the way to you.

Signature Requirement
All our orders are shipped without signature requirement upon delivery. If you prefer signature upon delivery, you can change that via your scheduled Postal Carrier after receiving your tracking detail by email.

For more details kindly feel free to contact us at store@orijinculture.com
or +1.877.566.7454

Aside us trusting in the quality of our products, every item we sell is carefully inspected by our team before shipping. If you receive your item and are not satisfied with the goods, kindly feel free to contact us to resolve your issue.

Return for Exchange Policy
Although we hardly get returns for an exchange, there can always be one in a blue moon and our team is ever ready to assist with regards. It can be as simple as a change in a color of an item, change of product, or a defect which we whole heartedly welcome you to inform us within our 10 day window after receiving your item. Our return for exchange policy lasts 30 days.

Return for Refund Policy
Our Return for refund policy lasts 14 days. If 14 days have gone by without contacting us after receiving your purchase, unfortunately we can not offer you a refund but rather an exchange if applicable. Our humble request is to first put in your request for refund via email returns@orijinculture.com so that at least there is a time stamp, and then you can follow up in a call to us if needed.

Late or missing refunds (if applicable)  
- If you haven’t received a refund yet, first check your bank account statement to make sure a refund is not reflected there. You can also contact your bank or credit card company to check if it is in suspense or processing period before officially posting on your refund in your account.

- If you’ve checked all of this and you still have not received your refund yet, please contact us at store@orijinculture.com immediately.

Gifts Return Policy
If the item was marked as a gift when purchased and shipped directly to you, you’ll receive a gift credit for the value of your return. Once the returned item is received, a gift certificate will be emailed to you.

If the gift giver had the order shipped to themselves to give to you later, we will send a refund to the gift giver and they will find out about your return. 

Sale items Policy (if applicable)
Only regular priced items may be refunded, unfortunately sale items cannot be refunded.

Shipping Cost and Policy.
As mentioned above ORIJIN CULTURE obliges to take upon the cost of shipping returns for domestic shipping. Unfortunately this does not apply for International shipping returns. You will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.

UNACCEPTABLE RETURNS
- Any item not in its original condition as shipped to you.
- Any Item not in the same condition as reported to you, but worn or further damaged for reasons not due to our error.
- Any item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery

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Return Eligibilities
- To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.

- To process your return label, we request a receipt or proof of purchase which most likely would be your order number which can be retrieved from your confirmation email after your purchase.

- Please do not send your purchase back to address on package, contact us first and we will arrange to collect them (the whole order prepaid by us).

- All products to be returned must be carefully repackaged in their original packing.

Our Process After Receiving Your Return
Once your return is received and inspected, we will send you an email to notify you that we have received your returned item. We will also notify you of the approval or rejection of your refund.

If you are approved, then your refund will be processed, and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card or original method of payment, within a certain amount of days.

For more details kindly feel free to contact us at returns@orijinculture.com
or +1.877.566.7454