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And here she is upon returning to the US on Sunday morning

U.S. first lady Melania Trump on safari in Nairobi, Kenya on Friday wearing a style of hat widely associated with colonial imperialism. Photo / Reuters

Her Africa tour was her first big solo trip, she was guided on the safari tour of Nairobi National Park by senior warden Nelly Palmeris. Photo / AP

Visiting the ancient statue of Sphinx at historical Giza Pyramids site near Cairo, Egypt she wore a Ralph Lauren jacket and a Chanel hat and pumps and looked a lot like a character in a remake of Indiana Jones. Photo / AP

She was welcomed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his wife Intissar Amer. Cairo was the final stop on her four country tour.

She also wore a Thierry Colson dress in Nairobi.

Thierry Colson is a Paris-based designer. Photo / AFP

First lady Melania Trump walks with children as she leaves the Nest Orphanage in Limuru, Kenya (before donning the hat).

Here she is leaving Kenya in an animal print dress by an unidentified designer and Manolo Blahnik shoes.

She stopped to speak with the media before touring the pyramids.

A full Raiders of the Lost Ark moment.

And here she is upon returning to the US on Sunday morning

U.S. first lady Melania Trump on safari in Nairobi, Kenya on Friday wearing a style of hat widely associated with colonial imperialism. Photo / Reuters

Her Africa tour was her first big solo trip, she was guided on the safari tour of Nairobi National Park by senior warden Nelly Palmeris. Photo / AP

Visiting the ancient statue of Sphinx at historical Giza Pyramids site near Cairo, Egypt she wore a Ralph Lauren jacket and a Chanel hat and pumps and looked a lot like a character in a remake of Indiana Jones. Photo / AP

She was welcomed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his wife Intissar Amer. Cairo was the final stop on her four country tour.

She also wore a Thierry Colson dress in Nairobi.

Thierry Colson is a Paris-based designer. Photo / AFP

First lady Melania Trump walks with children as she leaves the Nest Orphanage in Limuru, Kenya (before donning the hat).

Here she is leaving Kenya in an animal print dress by an unidentified designer and Manolo Blahnik shoes.

She stopped to speak with the media before touring the pyramids.

A full Raiders of the Lost Ark moment.

And here she is upon returning to the US on Sunday morning

Much of Melania Trump's Africa tour wardrobe was derivative or just plain offensive

A few of her looks veered into costume territory, drawing from 80s pop culture as well as questionable moments in history

Nyree McFarlane

October 07, 2018

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