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Mercy Aigbe-Gentry Calls Her Omission on ThisDay Style’s Best Dressed Cover a Bias Against Yoruba Actors

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Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, the undoubtedly fashionable Yoruba movie actress has taken to her instagram account to call out lifestyle magazine, ThisDay Style, saying “they won’t want to stain their magazine with a ‘razz’, ‘local’ yoruba actor”

Mercy is from Edo State, however, she acts primarily in Yoruba movies.

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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’ ….????????????

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Here’s the cover of Nollywood’s Best Dressed by ThisDay Style.

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