The short answer to the miniskirt debate: Let a woman’s dress be her own choice

For Africans the tradition is to be as transparent as possible, and to show off a girl’s talents for all to see. PHOTO | FILE

The miniskirt has been making headlines this past week from Arabia to Kenya, but for very different reasons.

In Saudi Arabia, it was about a young lass showing off her leg-line while visiting some historical site, while in Kenya some men got the death sentence for stripping and robbing a woman some years ago “because” she was indecently dressed.