The Barbie Doll Goes Yoruba In This Traditional Fashion Shoot

London based Nigerian photographer, Obi Nwokedi recently did a Nigerian traditional wedding photo shoot featuring popular American fashion doll Barbie and her companion, Ken.

According to Nwokedi, the shoot took up to five months and was inspired by a black barbie photo shoot done by Italian Vogue. Check out some of the shots below.







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Image credit: http://photographybyobi.co.uk/

hmmmmmm, cute.
but hw come d bride is shoeless

WomenGirls, una no get work?

Sijo01: hmmmmmm, cute.
but hw come d bride is shoeless

d bride is intentionally shoeless so dat wen she accidentally become d president of her country, she will embezzle her nation's wealth & buy all d shoes in d world ( like ur president is corrently doing).

10Billion: d bride is intentionally shoeless so dat wen she accidentally become d president of her country, she will embezzle her nation's wealth & buy all d shoes in d world ( like ur president is corrently doing).

Lmao.

9ce! Yoruba Culture's Gong Wild!

[size=15pt]ahh, complete with the yoruba tradition of conspicuous consumption.[/size]

shakomende: The Barbie Doll Goes Yoruba In This Traditional Fashion Shoot

London based Nigerian photographer, Obi Nwokedi recently did a Nigerian traditional wedding photo shoot featuring popular American fashion doll Barbie and her companion, Ken.

According to Nwokedi, [size=14pt]the shoot took up to five months[/size] and was inspired by a black barbie photo shoot done by Italian Vogue.

Seriously? Five months for those pictures?

Aahh...the world's most famous anatomically incorrect dolls. Does that mean yorubas are tiny down under? Lol. #NoHate

If this shoot took up to 5 months, then Obi Nwokedi is as jobless as ever. However, he displayed the liberal and open-minded nature of Igbos by using a Yoruba traditional theme instead of his own Igbo setting. The pictures are neither here nor there.

They look more black american than they do yoruba to me.

Them still fine sha

Best barbie of them all.

LOL!!

Me like very much!

hmmm..cute!must everything involving one tribe be turned into a tribal war .I pity some people

freecocoa: They look more black american than they do yoruba to me.

Huh? With the fake eyes, fake hair, fake nails and fake humans on sale these days at retail outlets?

Kill yah self coz of that.

Ileke-IdI:












Does that help a bit? Don't mind those "ngbatis" and their vibrant culture.

Az-creativ:
Kill yah self coz of that.

Take your anger out on Obi. I simply think the man is talented and very smart.
I like his business-mind. No need to tribalize his product.

lmao.