Jewelry The New York Occasions
Since Tongoro unleashed their very own version of the jewellery piece, it gained massive recognition and was even featured on Beyoncé’s ‘Spirit’ music video, styled by Zerina Akers. The jewellery piece, named ‘Cairo,’ attracts inspiration from the traditional makeup worn by the Woodabe tribe males, paying homage to African nomadic communities. The controversial piece of jewelry is a creative steel ornament which runs from the highest of the head down to the chin. Soon after the news broke, photographer and filmmaker Sherie Margaret Ngigi took to X to respond to Tongoro’s claims of being the originators of the peculiar facial…
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