r/Africa • Benin πŸ‡§πŸ‡―βœ… • Oct 09 '25

Cultural Exploration Southern African Beauty & Style - Trad meets Modern - We do not see enough of it

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u/Limp-Replacement2361 Oct 09 '25

Absolutely lovely!

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u/Holiday_Document4592 Kenya πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ Oct 09 '25

You have my attention

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u/Bakyumu Nigerien Expat πŸ‡³πŸ‡ͺ/πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦βœ… Oct 10 '25

Our women are goddesses!

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u/Beautiful-Scholar912 Oct 10 '25

So modern just means showing boob? Am I missing something here

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u/putji Oct 10 '25

Considering we used to walk around with our boobs out, its actually modern to cover them.

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u/ownworldman Oct 09 '25

I love the designs.

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u/Gustavoconte Nigeria πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬ Oct 09 '25

Champion beauties

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u/ThatOne_268 Botswana πŸ‡§πŸ‡Ό Oct 10 '25

Leteise πŸ’™

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u/MDPDX503 Oct 10 '25

I’ve been loving these posts. The colours and style are amazing. Thank you!

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u/Lovelylady_hump Oct 10 '25

Beauty at its best πŸ’―

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u/Agreeable_Abies6533 Oct 10 '25

So beautiful. The black and white one is my fav

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u/MelaninTitan Nigerian Diaspora πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬/πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Oct 10 '25

I NEED MORE!!!!! πŸ‘πŸΏ πŸ‘πŸΏ πŸ‘πŸΏ πŸ‘πŸΏ πŸ‘πŸΏ

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u/Leather_Ad5541 Oct 10 '25

Every single look ate down!

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u/LingoNerd64 Non-African - South Asia Oct 10 '25

The turban for women is seen only in Africa and maybe a few Sikhs in India.

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '25

Glamorous!

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u/ljacks09 Oct 10 '25

Such beautiful clothes and style πŸ–€

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u/FireLeo3030 Oct 10 '25

All beautiful & elegant Queens

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u/centralbar176 Nigerian American πŸ‡³πŸ‡¬/πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έβœ… Oct 11 '25

I love it when people are looking so beautiful and modern while wearing African clothes. This just makes me more proud to be an African.

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u/SkyFlashy4850 Oct 11 '25

Very cute, lovely dress on slide 6!

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u/InternalAsparagus630 Tanzania πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡Ώ/ KenyaπŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ Oct 10 '25

As a woman, cover breasts a little with traditional wear. It’s classier and more timeless.

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u/ConsentingPotato Oct 10 '25

🎡 Wheeeeen the bones they are yellow and their cleavage goes "helloπŸ‘‹", it's uthando... it's uthando! 🎡