A guide for Artists: Phenotypes of Africa
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Looks like a Disney prince (African Edition)
This is very inaccurate. South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and Senegal in one group? Sudanese with Arabo-Berbers? Also is that one with the many Sub Saharan african countries beside it supposed to be "Generic Negro" ?
Why does the Horn of Africa look like a coco coloured Disney prince aka Eric from The Little Mermaid?
While the others are goofy looking. Hmmm...
The Arabs in the North skin tone should be more lighter.
AishaBarri
It’s not that serious
I side-eyed the one look representing like 30 flags
Bet it was a Horner who did this. They think everyone looks the same besides Nilotes, Horners and North Africans
AishaBarri
It’s not that serious
I could see that. Everyone else is just “Bantu”
ridiculous. But it seems like whoever made this had good intentions idkI could see that. Everyone else is just “Bantu”
Good intentions but lazy unfortunately and perpetuates the myth that they arr rook the same in Sub Saharan Africa cause they black. There are so many diverse looks in the continent outside of the obvious ones like Nilotics and Horners
I think all of this is pretty generalized. I mean habeshas don’t look like Cushitic people. The other groups you mentioned also have in accuracies
AishaBarri
It’s not that serious
Yeah thousands of ethnicities wouldn’t even be possible to accurately depict all thatGood intentions but lazy unfortunately and perpetuates the myth that they arr rook the same in Sub Saharan Africa cause they black. There are so many diverse looks in the continent outside of the obvious ones like Nilotics and Horners
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Because it's true. I mean there are a couple of other races like Khoisans and pygmies, and the million bantu permutations with them and everything else, but that's basically it for Africa.
If it was a horner who did it they did a terrible job, what is horner about that drawing? How do we look blacker than Southern Africans?
If there were no flags I wouldn't be able to guess where Somalia belonged on there.
They should have put it into three categories, North Africans, East Africans, and all other Africans that's how i see it
im pretty sure that the South African one is supposed to be a Khoisan person, the eyes are looking kind of small. Khoisan are really light
Our one looks like the main character the rest look like crooks and villains
Our one looks like the main character the rest look like crooks and villains
They all look like main characters to me. I think the slim facial features of the Horn African makes it look more like a familiar main character face. Although I think we can all tell which one the artist spent more time on.
