Changing Face Of The African Woman:

Well, hi guys its been a Long time since Ive posted, but I'm back with what you might call a controversial debate,

Is it me or is it becoming more apparent of the increasing changing face of  the African sister, ?

to put it bluntly , lets start with the Hair, gone are the days of relaxer beautiful cane rows, nice wash and set , replaced long weaves , the longer the better , the straighter the better

eyes, God bless contact lenses, whatever your shade of colour, blue, grey,Hazel, violet, dammmmmmmmmm

Skin, well we all moisturize,  but sometimes its noticed that the colour changes our skin to a lighter shade

make up is becoming more bold and bright,

clothes , what ever the size , skinny jeans , revealing tops, tower hills , gosh its a must to wear

It could be mistken that the role  model rightly or wrongly is our European sisters,  Does this make it socially acceptable?


I'm not saying all women but just opening up a discussion for both sexes to give their views, 

mr joe, any comments, 

Yea, this is to be expected is it not?
Time changes, people roll with that. Is that a bad thing?

you have a good point here, maybe it the acceptnce which is were we go wrong

well said

But Nigerian culture is not about the pant, not even about skirt and blouse, so if you really want to talk about the culture, that means the yoruba woman wearing the wrapper and the buba stuff with beads, so now tell me, can u wear all that to the office monday to firday?

@britgirlee:
Your topic is one that is, indeed, interesting.  But, do you feel that it is perhaps a bit broad?  Surely, the "face of the African woman" is not something that can be narrowly defined, or even described.  Would you mind just a bit more explanation of where you're going with this?

No flaming and no baiting, mind you--that's not my style.  Just making sure that I'm following the topic!

hey sis thank you for your views, see you point but obviously i wouldn't wear the Niger gear to work etc, i live in London, but were I'm going with this is socially , ive just noticed the massive changes over the recent years, yes the contact lenses have got brighter,

lets get things in the right perspective abeg,who says u can't wear iro and buba with beads to your office,why should a lady be ashamed of wearing beads on her neck on monday morning whn the average white lady will wear her pearls proudly with her skirt suit??
why should a lady be ashamed of wearing iro and buba when the white man most times will even wear a crumpled shirt and tie with brogue shoes and curduroy trousers??funny thing is that we nigerians are the ones that will be in the three piece suit when going to the office in the western world,the average white man apart from the old gentlemen types wear a simple shirt and trousers with trainers and a tie if they really have to, that is the point the poster is making, the fact that we can even question wearn iro and buba says a lot

This is indeed an interesting topic however, am a bit confused. When you say the changing face of the African women do you mean in African countries or in the Western world. I find it sad that many African women think perming (relaxing) and weaving their hair is better than going natural.
I did not know women in Africa wore colored contacts but I have seen in America and I find it quiet disturbing, even some men here do it. In terms of revealing tops and what not I really don't have much to say about that. I do have a question though Britgirl I checked you profile and oddly enough your hair is permed (relaxed) and your whole cleavage is showing. So my question is are you shocked by the fact that African women have been captured by the Western view of beauty ( white woman standard) or is there something else your getting at?

but its not
yup, well spotted,  about me is it?? never mentioned that i didn't? or were you trying to be funny, this point of topic is to gather overall views of perceptions of others, of what they have observed,

PS , just getting into the Nigerian movies over here and yup the girlees wear contact lenses in most films,

I don't wear contacts, open chest blouse (often or I layer), weaves or perm my hair. I don't care much when people do but the Nollywood actresses do it in the worst and most obvious way. They make false hair a sin. Its like the people that are the cosmo department of Nollywood and dunces and clown artistes.

Anyways I wasn't trying to be funny it just seemed like the changing faces of Africa bothered you in that people are moving away from their culture in the most ridiculous ways. I think I was probably viewing the thread the way I view questions I ask people in that if I don't do something then I ask other people questions to understand why they do it. Especially when I think what they are doing is ridiculous.

I do think Africans over do the weave, even kids less than a year old have their hair braided up with weave or wear wigs.

Aplogies in advance, but i do struggle to understand what you are trying to say when you type. Anyway, i think i undertstand what you are saying here. I too have been getting into the Nollywood films (big up Nollywood channel), and i too see what those actresses are wearing. however, i don't think thats a representation of the young/older african woman. Its a perception. Not a very good one, but a perception nonetheless.


I position myself along most of what savanaha has said.

@savanah
I'm not an expert at girls fashion and u wernt even directing the comment at me,but during the old days as in way back women went bare chested and nobody made a big deal out of it,neither was there any promiscuity n stuffs like now,so shown cleavages n that isnt as western as we ll like to see it