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*BBC News Accused Of Racism In AFCON Tweet* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?ip BBC News (UK) has posted a tweet that has caused commotion on social media with some saying that it qualifies as a racist tweet. The tweet which reads “Afcon 2019: Meet the ‘animals’ competing for the Africa Cup of Nations” was accompanied by several animals each participating African country associates with. Others felt the tweet “looked wrong” and also “sounded wrong” hence the need to take it down immediately. See the full text below. ---------- Latest itel S24 available on Pindula: 128GB storage, 4GB RAM $119 USD WhatsApp: +263715068543 Calls: 0772464000 Buy Online: https://www.pindula.co.zw/market/itel-s24-128gb-22-20240426142756795795/?s=wanews ---------- https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1142277090156449792 Others, however, found nothing wrong with the tweet which they said reiterated eponyms after which the African countries participating at the 2019 Afcon finals call themselves with. One twitter post read: > Only Zimbabwe, Egypt and South aFrica have no animal connotation, thus Moseph Enike was by and large spot on. He did not invent the nicknaams: We christened ourseleves for good measure. Reminds me of Mheekiya who bashed folks with martial arts 4 calling him Mhekkiya on ze streets Another tweet which supported the BBC News Tweet read: > #AFCON2019 Meaning Of’Animals’ > Nigeria-SuperEagles > Tunisia-Carthage Eagles > Mali-Eagles > Uganda-Cranes > IndomitableLions-Cameroon > AtlasLions-Morocco > Teranga Lions-Senegal > Elephants-IvoryCoast > Squirrels-Benin > Angola-Giant Antelopes > DRC-Leopards > Algeria-Fennec Foxes > Guinea Bissau-Wild Dogs Well, we do not know what you think about this. More: BBC News (UK) _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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