Beyonce is being accused of ‘taking advantage of Africa’
A Nigerian model, Dimssoo, says that the singer is contributing to the flawed ideologies concerning how Africa is seen by the world.
The model also accused Bey of cultural appropriation.
Beyoncé🤝including African culture in her music but never adding Africa to her tours
Same Beyonce🤝Making a whole movie based off Africa and its culture that’s not available in Africa.— #1, again. (@Dimssoo) June 28, 2020
Dimssoo tweeted, Beyoncé including African culture in her music but never adding Africa to her tours. Same Beyonce making a whole movie based off Africa and its culture that’s not available in Africa. I want to add that I am not saying she has to come to Nigeria or whatnot. I’m saying she’s contributing to the problematic ideologies of how ‘Africa’ is viewed to line her own pockets. And Africa is not even a country. She is mostly taking from Yoruba culture.
-if you’re gonna speak on something, come correct. Africa is not some prop, you can’t come and pull from our culture from when it’s convenient. That’s appropriation. And not everytime ‘we were kings’ pls some of us were palm wine tappers.
— #1, again. (@Dimssoo) June 29, 2020
It’s the same black Americans, in an attempt to insult us that’ll be asking if we have Wifi and whether we live in huts and how we can afford iPhones. And that’s the representation they see, anytime someone talks about Africa, it’s huts and lions so I don’t even blame them tchew
— #1, again. (@Dimssoo) June 29, 2020
Black Americans always talking about ‘if a black person says it’s appropriation, then shut up and listen’ and now we, as African people have come out to say that it’s appropriation, so please listen.
— #1, again. (@Dimssoo) June 29, 2020
The way you people are so reverent of this Beyoncé that’s a human being like everyone else. Can’t even critique her without adding ‘I love Beyoncé but’ or ‘that’s the queen, BUT’ like pleaseee lmfao spit it out nobody will beat you. You’re not saying anything wrong.
— #1, again. (@Dimssoo) June 29, 2020
She also added, So if you are gonna speak on something, come correct. Africa is not some prop, you can’t come and pull from our culture from when it’s convenient. That’s appropriation. And not every time ‘we were kings’ plus some of us were palm wine tappers. We don’t wake up in the morning and tie our wrapper and put chalk on our face and scream ‘Wakanda’ then go and hunt lions. We wake up and open Twitter like the rest of the world. Pls, stop pushing this old narrative.
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