Exploring West African Vintage: Black History and African Fashion

• 🇳🇪 The male beauty contest judged by women. Make-up, flirting, bling outfits. But this beauty contest has a twist - the men dress up, the women pick the winners. What does the Wodaabe people's pageant tell us about male beauty? Tall, slim, facial symmetry and good teeth - this could be the universal tick list of a beauty pageant judge. And when the contestants are men, their faces painted with red, white and yellow clay, the aesthetic holds true. These unusual beauty contests, known as Gerew