Adele in culture row over African hair post
Adele has been accused of cultural appropriation after sharing an Instagram picture showing her wearing a traditional African hairstyle while marking what would have been Notting Hill Carnival.
The chart-topping superstar showed off her slimmer figure in a Jamaican flag string bikini. Adele, 32, also wore her hair in Bantu knots – small coiled buns typically associated with people of African descent. The Tottenham-born singer captioned the post: “Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London.”
However, Adele was quickly accused of cultural appropriation for using the hairstyle.
A Twitter user said: “If 2020 couldn’t get anymore bizarre, Adele is giving us Bantu knots and cultural appropriation that nob o dy asked for. This officially marks all of the top white women in pop as problematic. Hate to see it.”
Another said: “If you haven’t quite understood cult ural appropriation, look at@ Adele’ s last Ins tag ram post. She should go to jail no parole for this.”