Mercy Aigbe accuses ThisDay of tribalism over Nollywood best-dressed snub

After winning the social media best-dressed award at the recently held Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA), Yoruba language actress, Mercy Aigbe, has hit out at ThisDay Style for not listing her among the fashion heavyweights in the industry.

The current edition of the glossy magazine tagged ‘Nollywood’s Best Dressed’ is dedicated to the ceremony held in Lagos on March 5.

While Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and OC Ukeje, who were nowhere near the venue of the award on that day, were featured on the cover, Mercy was conspicuously omitted.

That got some fans of the Edo-born Satanic actress furious.

Not willing to let the snub pass by, Mercy accused publishers of the magazine of tribalism, querying: “Has @thisdaystyle ever featured a Yoruba actor on their cover? Aare Yoruba movies not part of Nollywood? Is Nollywood not supposed to mean homegrown Nigerian movies?

 

Hey Fam….so I just came back from church and decided to check IG only for me to see plenty tags on a particular pix posted by @thisdaystyle …..I read pple’s comments asking why Mercy isn’t on the cover and at first I wanted to waka pass, but on a second thought I decided to talk about it, cos it’s been an issue dat has lingered for too long!…….I thought to myself why didn’t Mercy make the cover of @thisdaystyle best dressed list?…. Has @thisdaystyle ever featured a yoruba actor on their cover?………are yoruba movies not part of nollywood? …..is Nollywood not supposed to mean home grown Nigerian movies? …..hmmmmm I am very sure they didn’t coz, they won’t want to STAIN their cover with a ‘RAZZ’ ‘LOCAL’ yoruba actor!….Yes I am razz, Yes I am local and Yes I am a Yoruba actor!…..No I refuse to speak ur almighty English with fake British or American accent!….Because I’ll always remain true to myself!…I am ME ….Proud Benin Woman, Proud Ijesha’s wife and above all proud Nigerian. …And just in case e still dey be una like dream ‘LOCAL TI TAKE OVER’ ….????????????????????????????????????????????????

A photo posted by Mercilicious (@mercyaigbegentry) on Mar 20, 2016 at 4:40am PDT

Among the women featured on the cover are Rita Dominic, Genevieve Nnaji, Stephanie Linus, Caroline Danjuma and Dakore Akande.

Selfie-loving Toyin Aimakhu and Funke Akindele were also snubbed.

 

Tag your favourite Nollywood celebrity???????? #todaysstyle #gogetyourcopynow #yoursundaytonic #thisdaystyle

A photo posted by ThisDay Style Magazine (@thisdaystyle) on Mar 20, 2016 at 12:58am PDT