#GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome Is Giving Us Serious Nostalgia and Serious Laughs
African Twitter relives the moments we all know too well with the hilarious and trending hashtag, #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome.
Over the past 24 hours, African Twitter took a virtual trip down memory lane with #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome.
Hilarious (but true) examples, moments and instances from Twitter users flooded the hashtag on the experience of being raised by African parents.
From discovering when the goods (i.e. juice) in the house only appear when visitors come over, to fetching the remote when your mom or dad is sitting one seat cushion away from the damn thing, these tweets definitely put one thing in perspective—the struggle was real, yet we’ve been riding the struggle bus together this whole time.
Take a look at our favorites below:
Parents will call you to take their plate to the kitchen..
While they walk behind you to wash their hands
— ✌Xhosa Queen✌ (@Miz_noel) September 26, 2016
When you hear the car and remember you haven't taken the chicken out of the freezer. #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome pic.twitter.com/rR9lCAN26p
— the finesse kid (@DonMabika) September 26, 2016
When visitors come to your home and juice comes out of nowhere #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome pic.twitter.com/JR85cQansf
— African President? (@iGitz_) September 26, 2016
American dish washing machine
vs
African dish washing machine #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome pic.twitter.com/HVohF28d3U
— African President? (@iGitz_) September 26, 2016
Covering all the mirrors during a thunderstorm ? #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome
— Baby ghel (@bunny_niko) September 26, 2016
#GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome your parents will call you from your room to give them a remote that is literally 2 inches away from them.
— Machuka Wyclife ™ (@Machukah) September 26, 2016
#GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome Answering back ur parents = disrespect. Not Answering = disrespect. Dodging while being beaten = direspect.
— MANDINGOS DOUBLE (@maimbo_kush) September 26, 2016
ME: but mom this is too loose MOM: you will grow in it #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome
— Talib Jim (@TalibJim) September 26, 2016
#GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome Family gatherings you'll meet dat one person who'll ask if u remember them coz they held u when u were 6 weeks old
— M.G Exclusive Music (@MGExclusive) September 26, 2016
When you are unemployed you can't voice an opinion #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome
— Ibhubesi (@MabasoTF) September 26, 2016
Just sitting around and doing nothing is one of the greatest sins you could ever commit#GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome
— Mālome KāY TrotskYY (@kay_mahapa) September 26, 2016
Eating at the neighbors was a crime
— Glo❤Ria (@gloria_imodia) September 26, 2016
When soap opera actors start getting intimate...Your parents ask you to go and "Iron the Plates in the Kitchen" #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome
— Moska Justine ? (@moskaezul) September 26, 2016
#GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome Parents never said Goodnight, they shouted and asked if the doors and windows have been closed.
— Sasha ☆☆ (@sasha_flystud) September 26, 2016
You can't date but you can marry #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome
— Ngevi (@ThabangMallela) September 26, 2016
Waiting in your room while visitors occupy the tv room like #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome pic.twitter.com/9h3eNTtniD
— Keagh Tlhapi (@I_Liveth) September 26, 2016
when visitors' give you money
mom gon' take it and save it for bread.
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— ? (@thetruesherif) September 26, 2016
When your parents are African, you don't have Childhood Memories, u have Survival Stories #GrowingUpInAnAfricanHome
— Tirop Kizito (@Tirop_Rono) September 26, 2016
And ICYMI, check out our favorite tweets from #YouKnowYouAreAfrican and #IfAfricaWasASchool.
