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Revered Nollywood actor, Ramsey Nouah has urged Nigerians to patronize the country’s blooming fashion industry. He made the call while addressing guests at the Tozali African Fashion and Cultural Week on Friday night in Abuja.
“It is good we love and appreciate our own designers.
“We have the best in the world and by patronising them, the industry will experience positive change for the better.
“Let us wear our own and show the world that we have it all,” Noah said.
The event was put together by Maimuna Abubakar, the publisher of Tozali Magazine.
Some of the designers were Hauwa Katu with her Just Quilts designs, Bilkisu Audu with her B-Gorgeous designs and Maria Valhagan from Ghana with her Maria ValHagan designs.
Similarly, Oluwafemi Babalola, a body art artiste, showcased his dexterity with African arts on the bodies of models.
Babalola said that body art, which trended in Africa during the pre-colonial era, was going into extinction and this encouraged him to venture into it.
“Body art is the special design on the body of an individual to give it the African features as done in Africa many years ago,” he said.
Highlights of the occasion were musical performances by a London-based Cameroonian entertainer, Valentine, and Ajuma, a Nigerian musician.