Sentences with phrase «wore dashikis»

My mother would always have shea butter around, and she wore dashikis.

The important point is that a man wearing shorts with a blazer comes across as a foppish fool as well as a foolish fop, while a man wearing a dashiki / barong tagalog / guayabera and trousers looks elegant, entirely appropriate for business, weddings, high - end parties and serenading.

Not exact matches

Since the late 1960's, the dashiki shirt continues to be worn by African - Americans embracing their African heritage and promoting «black is beautiful,» and signaled a return to African roots, and insistence on full rights in American society.

The dashiki was worn as a way to protest society» s disrespect for African Americans.

Occasionally, movies like Shaft Goes to Africa, where Richard Roundtree wears an African dashiki and is equipped with a large unassuming staff that's a piece of advanced tech, and Dolemite (that broad hat, that flashy suit pimp - style outfit) had their protagonists don something like costumes and adopt something close to alter - egos to mete out justice.

David Oyelowo brought tears to my eyes wearing a traditional African dashiki ensemble.