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– –<\/span> According to a BBC article, Mr. Enninful, now 50, had four surgeries to cure his impaired eyesight, including one on a detached retina. He emigrated from Ghana to Britain when he was 13 years old.<\/p>\n The Vogue editor confessed that he spent weeks staring at the floor following his surgeries.<\/p>\n Edward Enninful said yes when asked whether he was afraid of becoming blind during the interview.<\/p>\n – –<\/span> \u201cIt\u2019s my biggest fear\u2026I never had good eyesight anyway. I always had my minus 10 glasses and I had four retinal detachments [needing] surgery each time. Then three weeks looking at the ground in a dark room and not lifting up your head. And yes, it was very psychologically intense.<\/p>\n READ ALSO:\u00a0Even pure water sellers use juju to get more sales \u2013 Sunsum tackles Juju in Kumawood<\/p>\n – –<\/span> \u201cBut what I\u2019ve also learned is\u2026 you don\u2019t need perfect vision to create. You don\u2019t need 20\/20 vision to see images. So that\u2019s the irony of it: though I have bad eyesight, I\u2019m still able to create images that people seem to resonate with,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n Success in the fashion business has followed Edward, who at age 18 was named fashion director of the British fashion magazine i-D.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n – –<\/span>
\n<\/p>\nEdward Kobina Enninful, the editor-in-chief of British Vogue and a native of Ghana, has had many operations on his eye and has said that the prospect of losing his sight is his biggest worry.<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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