African Clothing & Tribal Marks: Controversy?

Zipporah Gene asks whether black people can culturally appropriate one another. She writes: ‘Black Twitter is littered with countless examples of the uproar that ensues when White people appropriate Black culture. Words such as fancy dress, mockery and profiteering are thrown around quite freely, but no one seems to realize that this selfsame violation is committed against us Africans  –  all under the guise of tribal fashion and connecting to The Motherland.’ Is this discussion a wee bit academic?

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