{"id":23452,"date":"2026-02-08T06:20:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T04:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/zambia-president-joins-online-debate-over-ghanaian-traditional-attire\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:15","slug":"zambia-president-joins-online-debate-over-ghanaian-traditional-attire","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/zambia-president-joins-online-debate-over-ghanaian-traditional-attire\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia President joins online debate over Ghanaian traditional attire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zambia\u2019s President Hakainde Hichilema has entered a lively cultural debate that unfolded online after Ghana\u2019s President John Dramani Mahama arrived in the country wearing a traditional garment known as a fugu.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some social media users in Zambia mockingly referred to the outfit as a \u201cblouse\u201d, prompting discussion about traditional dress and cultural identity across the continent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hichilema responded light-heartedly, expressing admiration for the design and saying he would be \u201cordering more of that stuff\u201d for himself.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s Foreign Minister later weighed in, describing the online buzz as a positive sign that young Africans are increasingly interested in reclaiming and celebrating their cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Ghana, efforts to promote traditional dress have already taken root through initiatives such as \u201cFugu Friday\u201d, where people are encouraged to wear African attire at the end of the working week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23453,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-23452","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Zambia\u2019s President Hakainde Hichilema has entered a lively cultural debate that unfolded online after Ghana\u2019s President John Dramani Mahama arrived in the country wearing a traditional garment","published_date":"2026-02-08 08:19:36","news_description":"Zambia\u2019s President Hakainde Hichilema has entered a lively cultural debate that unfolded online after Ghana\u2019s President John Dramani Mahama arrived in the country wearing a traditional garment","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26415,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23452\/revisions\/26415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}