{"id":1594537,"date":"2023-03-27T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellanaija.com\/?p=1594537"},"modified":"2023-03-28T13:48:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T12:48:45","slug":"ebuka-kemeje-itsekiri-bbtitans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bellanaija.com\/2023\/03\/ebuka-kemeje-itsekiri-bbtitans\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebuka Obi-Uchendu Shakes Up The Internet With His \u2018Kemeje\u2019 For #BBTitans&#8217; Eviction Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the penultimate eviction show of the season, suave <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellanaija.com\/tag\/#bbtitans\">Big Brother Titans<\/a><\/strong> host &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellanaijastyle.com\/tag\/ebuka-obi-uchendu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Ebuka-Obi Uchendu<\/strong><\/a> rocks the <strong>Kemeje<\/strong> &#8211; an indigenous attire of the <strong>Itsekiri<\/strong> people, with an interesting print wrapper, all from the luxurious African brand &#8211; <strong>Ugo Monye<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Itsekiri people are one of the Yoruboid subgroups of Nigeria&#8217;s Niger Delta area, majorly domiciled in Delta State. They are originally natives of the over 2.7 million-strong <strong>Iwere Kingdom,<\/strong> also known as the <strong>Kingdom of Warri<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditionally, Itsekiri men wear the long-sleeved shirt called <em>Kemeje <\/em>with a <strong>George<\/strong> wrapper tied around their waist and a one-feathered hat upon the head. Inspired by this, though he ditched the traditional hat, Ebuka paired his native shirt and fine print wrapper with rich native beads. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The internet has been buzzing with several remarks on this look and lots of Warri people hailing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bellanaijastyle.com\/?s=style+star\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">style star<\/a> for <em>rep-in&#8217;<\/em> their culture. Scroll and swipe to see:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CqQui9CNqmq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CqQui9CNqmq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A post shared by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu (@ebuka)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Looking for more African fashion and lifestyle updates? 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