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Buki Akib is a British actress and fashion designer. She was born in Lagos, Nigeria. Trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, she portrayed Josie Jump in the television children's programme on Balamory from 2002 until 2004, when she was replaced by Kasia Haddad. Since 2010, Akib has owned her own fashion label and has had her work appear in magazines and features in exhibitions in London and New York.