How young Africans found a voice on Twitter | Siyanda Mohutsiwa | TED Talk

In the TED Talk “How young Africans found a voice on Twitter” by Siyanda Mohutsiwa, the speaker explains how a simple tweet she posted sparked a Pan-African conversation on social media. Mohutsiwa, who is Pan-Africanist, asked her followers on Twitter the question, “If Africa was a bar, what would your country be drinking or doing?” and used the hashtag #ifafricawasabar. This simple question quickly went viral and became a platform for people from different African countries to connect over their Africanness. The hashtag was used to poke fun at stereotypes, criticize government spending, make light of politics, and make fun of the countries that don’t think they’re in Africa.