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I agree completely about white people stealing indigenous valor, or whites in general.
But what about the many African Americans who don't grow up knowing their African roots because of slavery. Is it wrong if they take a DNA test and figure out they're part Nigerian and embrace that culture as an adult? I'm not debate bro-ing you, it's just a food for thought.
I'd defer to the Nigerian community on that, though of course the opinion would not be homogeneous. If the answer is different from what I gave above, I probably couldn't give you an abstract sociological justification for that difference without some lengthy conversations with people from both communities to better understand their relationship to their identity.
I personally would find it a bit strange if a white person found out they had Nigerian DNA and completely switched their entire wardrobe to traditional dress without knowing a single other Nigerian, but maybe that's just me.