Black Twitter Reacts To Pharrel Williams’ Xhosa Inspired Designer Sneakers. The latest Xhosa inspired sneaker collaboration between award winning musician and producer Pharrell Williams and Adidas Originals has gotten the masses talking after it was announced on social media May 12th 2021.
The NMD HU also known as “Uluntu” sneakers will launch on Friday, 14 May however, it will not be sold in South Africa. This has since angered the people of South Africa because the shoe was inspired by our people, so it makes no sense as to why it won’t be available in SA. Another factor that had the masses taking was the name “Uluntu”.
The people of twitter were confused by the name, wondering if the brand may have meant to say “Ubuntu”, and accused the label of appropriating the culture because of that. This was then cleared up by people of the Xhosa culture after explaining that the word “Uluntu” mean human race.
The sneaker will be sold via Adidas’ online store, mobile app, and at selected retailers around the world except for Mzansi on 14 May as confirmed by a representative from Adidas South Africa’s head office. The Pharrell Williams x Adidas NMD HU Clear Aqua will cost $220 (roughly R3,000) in the U.S and her are a few comments from the TL about the sneaker.
