African Twitter Is Still Making Our Stomachs Hurt in Laughter with #IfAfricaWasASchool
Another hilarious take on the complexities of the continent courtesy of African Twitter.
African Twitter is back at it again with the ever trending #IfAfricaWasASchool hashtag, where we get the lowdown on the complex and hilarious dynamics of the continent, but this time in a school setting (remember #IfAfricaWasABar?).
This fluid exchange is still flooding Twitter with witty tweets commenting on Africa’s (old) leaders, colonization, tensions between certain countries and the never ending Jollof Wars, to name a few. And further, this is just another example of how the youth from the continent and in the diaspora can flip the truth (i.e. the challenges, pain and struggle) and turn it into what we’re all laughing and talking about until the day’s end (and maybe even until tomorrow).
It was too tough to narrow down our favorites, but have a look at what made our stomachs hurt in laughter below:
White exchange student: Can y'all teach me African
Everyone: pic.twitter.com/5sTBIKuQCr
— Young Fiji Water?? (@MumboSauceWalka) August 25, 2016
When Egypt realizes this means they're African too https://t.co/DKrjMgodEa
— ㅤㅤㅤ (@youaintnoking) August 25, 2016
Teacher: For our last exercise today, Convert $83,500 to your home currency,
Zimbabwean: pic.twitter.com/7F2cBnECum
— Kev✊ (@kevrx) August 25, 2016
#IfAfricaWasASchool the prefects would retain their positions for a minimum of 25 years.
— M Shawgi (@ShawgiMD) August 25, 2016
#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
#IfAfricaWasASchool Guinea would be that kid no one gets the name right.
"Hi, I'm Guinea!"
"Papua? Bissau? Guyana?" pic.twitter.com/Rlr1yF0owi
— SingleBlack&Dating (@singleblackdate) August 25, 2016
"Alright everyone, welcome to Afric-"
Egypt: https://t.co/BdJ2v1zTmA
— ㅤㅤㅤ (@youaintnoking) August 25, 2016
Teacher: *talks about colonization*
Ethiopia & Liberia: pic.twitter.com/SdC8H2bBWa
— the don (@indhoouron) August 25, 2016
#IfAfricaWasASchool Nigeria would be that kid who visits the British Embassy and comes out with a British accent. pic.twitter.com/gLsoT7FPJZ
— Young Wealth (@Skiwo) August 25, 2016
#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
#IfAfricaWasASchool swaziland, madagascar, western sahara, somaliland, lesotho form an after school club. pic.twitter.com/ZO4Dt6vYkW
— skyn-ny (@uziharun) August 25, 2016
#IfAfricaWasAschool prom would be lit? pic.twitter.com/o5zm4rRYyP
— إبراهيم لو (@abraham_lou) August 25, 2016
Ghana and Nigeria would have an argument about Jollof in English class…daily. #IfAfricaWasASchool pic.twitter.com/hYi8cLvnY0
— ️ (@antiIoud) August 25, 2016
#IfAfricaWasASchool when sudan and south sudan see each other in the cafeteria. pic.twitter.com/RmTXhXnb4Y
— mamush (@JonAsfaw13) August 24, 2016
#IfAfricaWasASchool other schools would take our books and then wonder why we don't graduate
— Sabrina (@_xsabrinaa) August 25, 2016
#IfAfricaWasASchool music class would be all kinds of lit ? ? ? ? pic.twitter.com/r8ZXKmLe7j
— Lele (@LeleNtobo) August 25, 2016
.@_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
#IfAfricaWasASchool Ivory Coast would be the girl who used to be plain but now super hot and insists you pronounce her name "Cote D'Ivoire"
— Yumna Mohamed (@yumzazzle) August 25, 2016
What we'd be learning in History Class #IfAfricaWasASchool pic.twitter.com/1IfmrY8QX1
— CosmicJin #BLM (@TaehCity) August 25, 2016
#ifafricawasaschool class presidents pic.twitter.com/SMFvqSSb8g
— wildt (@hansonIine) August 25, 2016
#ifafricawasaschool South Africa fails Sign Language, embarrasses the school at Mandela's funeral #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/OsKO8IfTZ7
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) August 25, 2016
Nigeria trying to show off during inter house sports #IfAfricaWasASchool pic.twitter.com/wxOs64Je4Z
— DaddyMOSneh (@officialdaddymo) August 25, 2016
#IfAfricaWasAschool here's Somalia giving a speech ??? pic.twitter.com/0BQMZxTTdh
— ri (@clxrityy) August 25, 2016
#IfAfricaWasASchool everyone would be wearing these like they're Jordans pic.twitter.com/BpyLfLfzoU
— إدريس .Dr (@Anisidiris) August 25, 2016
When you suggest to the student body that the African Union can help solve campus issues pic.twitter.com/K3SSLEIq3w
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) August 25, 2016
#ifafricawasaschool Al-Bashir is the kid everyone hides when the Principal comes looking for him.
— Imran Garda (@ImranGarda) August 25, 2016
Ethiopia when it's time to learn about "African Colonization" in history class #IfAfricaWasASchool pic.twitter.com/a4cYvZC5xX
— Alicha Keys ???? (@BunaTime) August 24, 2016
