Amandla Stenberg under fire for mispronouncing her Xhosa name
A video on Tiktok where the 'Hate You Give' star Amandla Stenberg mispronounces her name causes controversy.
Amandla Stenberg is an American actress and was included in Time's list of Most Influential Teens in both 2015 and 2016.
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Misa Narrates posted her disappointment in a TikTok video in which she says Stenberg "doesn't have the tongue nor the interest" to do justice to the pronunciation of her Xhosa name.
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A lot of supporters and fans flocked to the comments section. One of them was Lady Zamar, who said: "It’s like taking an African artefact and putting it in a western museum and then giving it a different history just so it suits the western narrative.”
Have a look down below to see the video:
@misanarrates #stitch with @Soph mispronunciation of African names is lazy at this point. And yes, even Amandla and their parents are guilty of this laziness #amandlastenberg ♬ original sound - Misa Narrates
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