Now a picture that has been making
rounds on the web over the past week has caught my attention. The picture in
question is an original photograph of the image depicted at the back of the 10
Naira note. For those of you who are not familiar with this image, it features
two Fulani milkmaids (locally known as fura da nunu).
Apart from being impressed by the
picture and its depiction of Nigeria’s rich cultural tradition, as a fashion
enthusiast what really caught my attention the most was the style of the outfit the milkmaids had on. Most of us are probably already familiar with this outfit
since it’s a popular traditional Fulani attire we see all the time during
beauty pageants or cultural events. Well you’d be forgiven if that’s all that
comes to mind; however, for me the first thing I thought was that this fura da
nunu outfit looks exactly like a Crop Top. Then I thought to myself again and
said this is actually a precursor of the Crop Top. Since this attire is
embedded in Fulani culture, therefore it has definitely been around for years
before the modern example of the Crop Top we know today came into existence
(Crop Tops only became part of American mainstream fashion in the 1980’s).
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This realisation struck me as
interesting and I was again very impressed with African fashion and tradition
like we should all be. African culture is so rich in fashion that we need not
look far before we can see its influence around us till today. Who knows if a
foreigner had the opportunity to see this attire many years ago on some Fulani
women, and got the idea for what is now the modern trend of the Crop Top, who’s
to say that couldn’t have happened. Well, what I am definitely and 100% sure of is that
Fulani women have been spotting the so called Crop Top even before western Fashionistas
ever dreamt of it. And so on that note big-ups to African fashion and to an
Original African Trend the Crop Top.
GBF!!!
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Awww, this is so beautiful. What a wonderful post, and it’s so true, these oyinbos have been stealing from us since 19forever
ReplyDeleteThat’s what you call a sexy African outfit. I saw that picture online too and something similar came to mind, see fine girls #Africanskillingit
ReplyDeleteThe original looks so beautiful, God bless Nigeria and pamos expression for this post. Making us all proud. Lovely ladies
ReplyDeleteThis is an amazing post. Its posts like these that make me so enjoy your blog, different and creative. Our history is indeed beautiful, thanks for pointing this out and reminding us of our lovely culture.
ReplyDeleteGood job thanks for sharing this post, I was just talking to my sista about it over the weekend that are you sure those yankee people didn’t get dis crop top idea from this…..
ReplyDeleteTruly Nigeria has a rich and diverse culture. I am happy there are bloggers like you around to remind us of this. Let’s not forget our cultural fashion people…..
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely post, I like. I’m always excited whenever I see something that celebrates our local fashion and culture. Great work miss pamo
ReplyDeleteWow. This is historic, I’ve never thought about it like that before even tho ive always seen this hausa-Fulani dress. Like u said who knows if they stole the crop top idea from Nigeria
ReplyDeleteCrop top is a vintage Nigerian style and this proves it.
ReplyDeleteThis is so nice, never knew the girls really existed. And this article is an inspiration for those of us who love our indigenous style and fashion. This once again proves that Africans can be trend setters.
ReplyDeleteJust got back from work to see this fantastic post. This is a wonderful read, proud to be Nigerian and equally proud to agree with you that we started this crop top trend. We have so many creative styles in Nigeria and Africa as a whole, all these westerners just come and modify it and try to take it as their own, same thing they’re trying to do we Ankara now.
ReplyDeleteDouble thumbs up for this post MsPamo #correctfashionblogger.
Interesting post. I noticed how they made the pic more decent by shading off the slightly exposed boobs of the first girl from the naira version, that was over crop top HEHE. Our chicks have been rocking crop tops for ages, Rihanna just they learn work.
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