Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?

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  1. ashwin_547's Avatar
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    • Location: Kenya
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    Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?
    Kenyan here:

    Best:
    Stoney
    Makmende

    Worst:
    The horrible assumptions that African cities are unsafe. I can guarantee you that most East African cities are far safer than say Birmingham!
  2. Julialala's Avatar
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    Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?
    (Original post by 06dimairhop)
    Zimbabwean

    The best things
    Fanta, Food, stoney ginger beer, braii's, friendly atmosphere, nice music and good parties. :awesome::smug::facepalm:

    Embarrassing things
    African parents lol :L

    Worst things
    Mugabe and all the other African authoritarians!

    Media perception, showing pics of lil kids with protruding bellies and kwashoka

    This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my HTC Wildfire S A510e

    Zimbabwe is my favourite place in the WORLD.

    Worst things for me would be...
    "So I'm from England, where are you from?"
    "South Africa"
    "Oh, but what country in south Africa?"

    Not being accepted as African ("but you're white?")

    The stupid stereotypes such as
    "Do you have roads in Africa? Did you live with elephants?"

    Ah, and getting kicked out of Zim for being associated with a "secret agent".

    But one of the best things is definitely the fact that people believe that the scar on my hand is from when I fought off a lion that was attacking a bunny rabbit.
    Oh and being the only white kid I know who can pronounce "IQANDA" correctly.
  3. Blazinq's Avatar
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    Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?
    Not african, but africans can run faster and usually have bigger co*cks then whites
  4. Blazinq's Avatar
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    Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?
    (Original post by ashwin_547)
    Kenyan here:

    Best:
    Stoney
    Makmende

    Worst:
    The horrible assumptions that African cities are unsafe. I can guarantee you that most East African cities are far safer than say Birmingham!
    Mogadishu
  5. 06dimairhop's Avatar
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    • Location: Tunbridge Wells
    • Posts: 32
    Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?
    oh my god how did i forget AFRICAN MUSIC ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Africans can bust some moves for sure! BEST THING: AFRICAN WEDDINGS + PARTIES everyone gets proper drunk and has a gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood time!
  6. Sir Fox's Avatar
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    Re: Best and worst things about being AFRICAN?
    (Original post by Blazinq)
    Not african, but africans can run faster and usually have bigger co*cks then whites
    Mh yeah, great there are some good stereotypes as well, no matter how ridiculous
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