Davido's Baby Mama Reacts To GH¢4,000 African Print Dress Sold At Nordstrom: "They Steal Everything From Us"
- A video of an Ankara dress selling for GH¢4,000 ($350) has gone viral on social media, sparking reactions
- Amanda, Davido's second baby mama, posted the clip on her Instagram Story and accused non-blacks of appropriation
- While some people educated her on the origin of Ankara fabric, others criticised the design and price of the dress
Ankara fashion may have become a global trend, but not everyone is ready to vacate the gatekeeping role.
Davido's second baby mama, Amanda, recently posted a clip of an Ankara dress she saw at a store.
In the now-trending video, the African print dress came with a price tag of $350, which is about GH¢4,000.
Sharing the video, she insinuated in her caption that non-black people were appropriating Afrocentric designs.
She captioned the video:
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"They steal everything from us."
Check out the screenshots below:
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Interestingly, this is a design by a black woman, Erika Massaquoi, who runs an apparel and clothing company, The Oula Company.
Social media users react to video of GH¢4,000 Ankara dress
While some people took to the comment section to educate Amanda about the origins of Ankara fabric, others were unimpressed with the design of the dress.
Check out some comments below:
mabelthegoddess stated:
"But African ship things over there to sell♀️♀️♀️♀️ why are you talking like an illiterate."
alter stated:
"260k for that dress that look like what house girls wear in Nollywood Asaba movies."
_lopssss stated:
"Ankara doesn’t belong to us it’s a Dutch fabric brought to west Africa. No African countries indigenously own Ankara or chitenje. Amanda you’re capping nonsense."
tessiee247 stated:
"E be like school uniform can’t even buy it for a cent."
Sweet Vivian stated:
"Some Nigerians over there are the one’s making this piece, stop spoiling business for them."
ms_fumi stated:
"$350 for that basic Ankara dressthem for carry gun."
hisnameissildek stated:
"Ankara fabric is originally not African! Na we even copy then come over do, then claim ownership."
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