On Monday, the Twitter-sphere was hit with the latest hashtag to dismantle the “Africa is a country” mentality: #IfAfricaWasABar.
In the series, which was started by writer-satirist and Pan-Africanist Siyanda Panda, Africans within and outside of the continent have been staging critical, creative and hilarious commentary on intra-African dynamics.
If Africa was a bar, what would your country be drinking/doing?
— Siyanda Mohutsiwa (@SiyandaWrites) July 27, 2015
Here are some of the bar highlights in 140 characters or less:
#IfAfricaWasABar Nigerians incoming pic.twitter.com/JqFwEORxCL
— Tennyson (@interoperable10) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar The First Lady of Cameroon would be the only woman allowed in VIP. pic.twitter.com/uy6aBu0Cp2
— Tastemakers Africa (@TstmkrsAfrica) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar Ghana would still manage to lose on penalties.
— Africa Is a Country (@africasacountry) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar All the West Africans would find a way to somehow leave with carry out boxes of jollof & plantain.
— young musu never broke again (@killamusu) 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 After a night of heavy drinking, Zimbabwe would step out of the bar like pic.twitter.com/9fUQjAPUAG
— the ritualist (@little_hansel) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar …Nigeria would be that guy that's old enough to be in the bar but he has a fake ID saying he's 19
— Mr Wonderful (@NickkTitan) July 27, 2015
#ifAfricawasabar Mozambique would be the lady trying to sell you raw fish from her handbag
— Siyanda Mohutsiwa (@SiyandaWrites) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar Lesotho would be that person who nobody really knows but is always in the pictures.
— A.O (@PILLAY_CGLM) July 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/lunarnomad/status/625808586673762304
#IfAfricaWasABar Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco would have a clique. They'd only come to the bar during the football season.
— Beewol (@beewol) July 27, 2015
https://twitter.com/alemworldwide/status/625797874333413376
#IfAfricaWasABar Everyone would be like, "that IMF guy is so cool for getting everyone drinks" not knowing EVERYONE'S drink getting spiked
— Ayeza amaNgwane ekuseni! (@BanNgidi) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar Europe and China would be very very drunk….
— Ryan Cummings (@Pol_Sec_Analyst) July 27, 2015
#IfAfricaWasABar what do you think would happen?
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