In an Instagram post about the trip, she wrote about her Ghanian heritage by way of her father, who was born in the country.
“Going home, back to the motherland. A place where I felt like an outsider but always wanted to belong. Growing up differently, never knowing the mother tongue.” She goes on to talk about how most people have only seen one side of Ghana, and how she now wants to put a spotlight on the beautiful country. She goes on, “I want the world to know that there are two families, both that mean the world to me, two sides to my story. I want the world to see the beauty and Ghana to have that moment in the light, one that it has always deserved. I have been claimed by Ghana, told to go and show the world, make them proud. I belong. So that’s what this is, a message of love and pride to my family and the people of Ghana.”
For Aboah, this might be the personal part of the series shot with Burberry, a project that also took her to her home city of London and her current residence in New York City. The Instagram post shows the model and four women, her grandmother and aunts, wearing traditional Ghanian dresses created by her aunt — but made of vintage Burberry fabrics.
Adwoa Aboah’s project with Burberry and Teller demonstrates a truly beautiful way that cultures that come together through fashion.
