African women urged to portray culture through dressing
Madam Louisa Atta Akpoto, the Chief Executive Officer of Divine Torch Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has called on African women to prioritise showcasing their culture through good African dressing ethics, rather than emulating social media lifestyles.
Madam Akpoto said most social media lifestyles were fake and could not be replicated in real-life activities.
She said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Ada at the commemoration of International Women's Day (IWD), emphasising that women should not copy what they see on social media, to avoid putting pressure on young girls to live extravagant lifestyles.
She stated that wearing shorter, transparent outfits that exposed intimate parts of the body was not an African culture, saying, “the ...