Video clips of South Africans turning up at their college graduation have taken over the internet, and it's the best thing you'll see online.
As OkayAfrica reports, April is the season for graduation in South Africa, and the proof is on social media.
Similar to America, most institutions encourage diploma recipients to act in an orderly fashion and ask for their family and friends to hold applause until the end of the ceremony.
As we know, it's not a restriction that most historically Black colleges and universities struggle to uphold. Similarly, the same goes for institutions of higher learning on the African continent that are predominantly made of African students.
One African school of higher education, in particular, the University of KwaZulu-Natal, has consistently blown up social media using the hashtag #UKZNgrad. In 2017, the Durban college shared that it graduated over 1,500 students that year with nearly 58% of whom comprised its female student body.
This year, the university shared a plethora of reaction videos that included reactions such as tribal dances, freedom songs, jumps for joy and much more.
Watch some of the entertaining (and emotional) videos below.
My brother graduated today @Vuyo82006764 , congratulations brother ???????????? #UKZNgrad
pic.twitter.com/j02FwWMTLp— Troublemaker???? (@ZumaPz) April 3, 2019
This young lady got emotional at her graduation ceremony for BSc Electronic Engineering, other graduands supported by singing "Zizojik'izinto thula, mtanami wen'ukhalelani". #UKZNgrad2019
@UKZN
pic.twitter.com/9IVy9jnzzr— Simo Buthelezi (@Aubricator) April 3, 2019
Honours Degree: Culture, Communication and Media Studies – it was never easy for us to get to a point where we celebrate like this, therefore we embrace this moment!! ???????????? #UKZN
#UKZNgrad2019
#Graduation2019
#ukzngraduation
@UKZN
pic.twitter.com/B8tmWhyo3Y— Nkosikhona (@NkoRaphael) April 3, 2019
Every year, UKZN delivers the best graduation ceremonies in the country! ????????????????#UKZNgrad2019 ???? pic.twitter.com/QLyKMGblbe
— uNdlunkulu Xoli ???? (@uNdlunkulu_Xoli) April 2, 2019
Ukzn Grad should be hosted at Moses Mabhida stadium and tickets should be sold to come in because it is litt ???? ???? ???? ???? ???????????? #UKZN
#ukzngrad2019
pic.twitter.com/2WQdOPeEXI— Ngunezi (@Mkhizesipsyd) April 3, 2019
Little brother ????❤ #ukzngrad2019
pic.twitter.com/bEdVvkhd5v— LADY SNOW❄ (@Samu_Mthabela) April 9, 2019
It's a feeling I cannot compare any other feeling with. God has been good to me. We're onto the long journey of academia.#UKZNGRAD2019
pic.twitter.com/TpYUjwRahR— Sibongumusa (@SbohNene) April 9, 2019
People be like I am studying at Wits but I wanna graduate at. #Ukzngrad2019
They took graduation ceremony to another level. pic.twitter.com/yGAez1SqZX— ❤Thobekile Toh Mchunu❤ (Cakes) (@thobekiletoh) April 5, 2019
This made me shed a tear , UKZN GRADUATION pic.twitter.com/1PYjsZAGVL
— umZulu-Phaqa???????? (@_SAMbane) April 2, 2019
.@DwabaSj SRC President rejoices with fellow cabinet members during his graduation moment.#UFSGraduation2019
pic.twitter.com/RmvyHTmPw8— UFS/UV (@UFSweb) April 10, 2019
That's what you call education goals, folks.
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