The thought of an African-themed wedding may bring to mind images of a huge wedding party, brightly colored prints, dance numbers and festive music. But one couple's nuptials went in a very different direction.

Dave and Chantal (pictured above) were married in April last year, and they aimed for authenticity in their wedding: a "colonial" African theme: t he ceremony took place in Mpumalanga, South Africa, and featured colonial-era props, antique clocks, globes, a zebra skin --- and an all-black servant staff to cater to the wedding's white guests.

Although the couple reserved the right to celebrate their wedding however they wanted, their choice is appalling given the apartheid system that is still in South Africa's recent past and the continent's long, sad history of colonial domination. The wedding is a reminder of the couple's white privilege: they either didn't care if this wedding was done in poor taste or were oblivious to the idea that it could have been considered racist.



Dodai Stewart of Jezebel writes that the captions to some of the images of the all-black staff seems to be: "Remember how great it used to be when our people oppressed brown people? Good times.'"