#IfAfricaWasaSchool Makes Global News. 14 of the Best…
Thousands of people across Africa yesterday had fun with the hashtag #IfAfricaWasASchool… to describe life on the continent. Some of their insights were so funny and spot on that they made global news, featuring on television news in Germany and in mainstream newspaper The Guardian in the UK, amongst many others. Here are 14 of the […]
Thousands of people across Africa yesterday had fun with the hashtag #IfAfricaWasASchool… to describe life on the continent. Some of their insights were so funny and spot on that they made global news, featuring on television news in Germany and in mainstream newspaper The Guardian in the UK, amongst many others.
Here are 14 of the top tweets:
1.
.@_Almaqah every time Ethiopia reminds the other kids for the 1000th time it was never colonized #ifafricawasaschool pic.twitter.com/iM4nFl6NOO
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) August 25, 2016
2.
SA would be that kid who starts an impromptu braai even during exam time pic.twitter.com/kcHjfaHbN2
— Sure Kamhunga (@SureKamhunga) August 25, 2016
3.
#IfAfricaWasASchool Swaziland has been barred from the prom because they owe school fees but parents driving a porsche
— Nomalanga Mkhize (@NomalangaSA) August 25, 2016
4.
#IfAfricaWasASchool Ladies And Gentlemen Meet Your Principal, Your Kid's Principal & You GrandKid's Principal ????? pic.twitter.com/4iRwDnce1k
— Caster Van Niekerk (@UNcubeOthungayo) August 25, 2016
5.
#IfAfricaWasAschool prom would be lit? pic.twitter.com/o5zm4rRYyP
— إبراهيم لو (@abraham_lou) August 25, 2016
6.
#IfAfricaWasASchool swaziland, madagascar, western sahara, somaliland, lesotho form an after school club. pic.twitter.com/ZO4Dt6vYkW
— skyn-ny (@uziharun) August 25, 2016
7.
When Egypt realizes this means they're African too https://t.co/DKrjMgodEa
— ㅤ (@youaintnoking) August 25, 2016
#IfAfricaWasASchool
Egypt: I don't think i fit in, I'm switching schools.Somalia: pic.twitter.com/s7jVAzMdmr
— #BlackLivesMatter (@somaliadev) August 24, 2016
8.
#IfAfricaWasASchool when sudan and south sudan see each other in the cafeteria. pic.twitter.com/RmTXhXnb4Y
— mamush (@JonAsfaw13) August 24, 2016
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#IfAfricaWasASchool
Nigeria would be that kid that tries to scam everyone. pic.twitter.com/12683mi5KN— Ahmed (@AhmedtheNasir) August 24, 2016
10.
#IfAfricaWasASchool *Parent's Day*
South Africa: Dad, please don't embarrass me. Please! Pleas-
SA's Dad, lit AF: pic.twitter.com/C2mtjtKnHm
— sable banterlope (@comradesipho) August 25, 2016
11.
student: R u & SA related?
Namibia:NO!
Student: oh its just cos u both speak Afrikaans so..
Nam:#IfAfricaWasASchool pic.twitter.com/HgNsWK5m9I— Lahya (@NamAfricanist) August 25, 2016
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#IfAfricaWasAschool
Teacher: For our last exercise today, Convert $83,500 to your home currency,Zimbabwean: pic.twitter.com/7F2cBnECum
— Kev✊ (@kevrx) August 25, 2016
13.
#ifAfricaWasAschool South Africa would be the cool kid who doesn't think they should be in school https://t.co/aL9Wh7LDvZ
— Cde Nyerogent. (@khanyafunde) August 24, 2016
14.
#IfAfricaWasASchool school will commence at 3am so everyone is there by 8am because AFRICAN TIME pic.twitter.com/ykMGfl4pDT
— Young Wealth (@Skiwo) August 25, 2016