Teni The Entertainer Talks To Vogue On Being Unapologetically Female & African


Teniola Apata known off and on stage as Teni The Entertainer is famous for her soul-lifting music, hood vibes and unapologetic style which mirrors her personality.

In her latest feature by Vogue’s Fashion News director Chioma Nnadi, the twenty-six-year artiste speaks on living above the limiting stereotype of what a woman should look like.

She says:

“There’s an assumption that women have to look a certain way to be feminine, but I don’t want to conform to that stereotype,”

“My thing is this: You don’t get to decide how I choose to live my life. I’m being me—respect that.”

Speaking on being proud of her heritage and culture the Fargin crooner says:


“UGA, the university I went to, was mostly PWI—that’s short for a predominantly white institution,” she says. “I remember someone even asked me if I had elephants in my backyard, it was wild.

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The other students would look at me crazy when I showed up to class in traditional dress, too. But you know that’s who I am. That’s my culture. If you can wear your blue jeans, I can wear this.”

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