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Since Tongoro unleashed their own version of the jewellery piece, it gained huge recognition and was even featured on Beyoncé’s ‘Spirit’ music video, styled by Zerina Akers. The jewelry piece, named ‘Cairo,’ draws inspiration from the standard make-up worn by the Woodabe tribe men, paying homage to African nomadic communities. The controversial piece of jewelry is an artistic metallic ornament which runs from the highest of the pinnacle down to the chin. Soon after the information broke, photographer and filmmaker Sherie Margaret Ngigi took to X to answer Tongoro’s claims of being the originators of the peculiar facial jewelry.
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