Kenyans took to twitter on Tuesday with the hashtag #IfAfricaWasABAR . South Africa soon followed and the hashtag is growing. The hashtag offers a witty critique of Africa’s diverse countries and politics.
Africans from the continent are constantly challenging the “single story” that the mainstream media continues to fall back on, despite overwhelming evidence that Africa, like any other continent, is a robust collection of countries and people.
Here are some tweets
If Africa was a bar, what would your country be drinking/doing?
— Siyanda Mohutsiwa (@SiyandaWrites) July 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/_JMOxQ/status/625783400184438784
https://twitter.com/_misz_vee/status/625731790330798080
#IfAfricaWasABar This would be Kenya at 4am after a drinking spree with other Countries. pic.twitter.com/Mr8DGDJdrm
— Kenyan Facts 🇰🇪 (@KResearcher) July 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/Shiku_K/status/625745062987698177
https://twitter.com/yooitsbenie/status/626012465764151297
#ifAfricawasabar Swaziland would be the guy who came with all the hot chicks but does not have money to maintain their spend all night.
— Anele Mdoda (@Anele) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar Cameroon would be that loud guy that buys the most expensive drinks and shows off but has to walk to go back home.
— Mrs Paola A. (@PaolaAudrey) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar Egypt would be that colored girl that refuses to dance with black guys
— A S A P H 🌍 (@AsaphAfrika) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar Nigeria would be the potbellied Oga buying drinks (on a credit card) for everyone…
— Tolu Ogunlesi (@toluogunlesi) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar you know Mauritius, Seychelles and Cape Verde would be sitting up in the VIP, judging the rest of us.
— Nanjala Nyabola (@Nanjala1) July 27, 2015
#ifAfricawasabar Mozambique would be the lady trying to sell you raw fish from her handbag
— Siyanda Mohutsiwa (@SiyandaWrites) July 27, 2015
