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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?sn 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. ---------- *HOT DEALS:* *itel A70 - (128GB, 3GB RAM) $89,* *itel A70 - (256GB, 4GB RAM) $99* *itel P40 (128GB, 4GB), (6000mAh) $99* *itel P40 (64GB, 4G), (6000mAh) $93* *LATEST: itel S24 (128) $124; S24 (256GB) $159* Cash on Delivery in Harare & Bulawayo. Tinotumira kwamuri inosvika. WhatsApp: 0️⃣7️⃣8️⃣3️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ 7️⃣9️⃣3️⃣ ---------- 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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