University of Ghana Alumnus on How He Refused To Wear Suit After Winning World University Debate Championship

• Kweku Agyepong represented University of Ghana in a World Universities Debate and successfully won
• After the competition, the young man was advised to wear only suit to grace the award ceremony
• The reason given him was that some of the foreigners may be uncomfortable seeing him wear African print

A Ghanaian young man known as Kweku Agyepong has recently opened up about the attire he chose to wear for an occasion after winning a competition.

The LinkedIn post sighted by YEN.com.gh on the timeline of Kweku had him sharing that he represented the University of Ghana, Legon in a World Universities Debate and won.

He was later advised to dress formally which meant wearing a suit because some foreigners may not be comfortable with too much African looks but he paid no heed to it.

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"Before the ceremony, I was advised to dress 'formally' enough as some people may not be entertained by my African looks.

Obviously, I am not dressed in a suit but in an African print shirt bought for me by my father"

Ghanaians who saw the post had a lot to say about Kweku's post.

Some of the comments have been highlighted below by YEN.com.gh;

Riffath Yakub wrote:

You are inspirational

Kwaku Forson replied:

Well done Kweku ...

From Afena-Atta Rudolf:

This must be the hallmark of every nationalistic African. Indeed this impression will serve as a reference to some of us. Kudos Kweku, we are always proud of you.

Daniel Sarpong Jnr commented:

Beautiful. To more win

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Meanwhile, YEN.com.gh earlier reported that a young man resorted to social media to address an issue he encountered after deciding to patronize Ghana-made goods.

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@_kayohefaye shared on his Twitter timeline that he wore a traditional attire for his final year presentation at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) but he was given a low score for wearing the 'wrong' outfit.

"Nowadays you can't even do this in Ghana. I wore traditional wear (the official kind) for one of my final year presentations in tech and my lecturer actually marked me down for improper dressing'. Black man erh"

Source: YEN.com.gh