On Tuesday this week, a Twitter user posted pictures of a baby and another Twitter user commented stating that the baby "looks like Amala".
Aw he looks like Amala https://t.co/9P2jMf43MI
— Rahma Adesina (@sincerelyrahma) October 9, 2018
If you didn't know, Amala is a dark-coloured, popular western Nigerian food made with yam flour. Now, here's how Nigerians reacted to the tweet.
Some people believe she was being mean
how can you say a baby looks like amala? I don't get some people
— Uloma (@pearllyndah) October 10, 2018
Idk mehn. Somebody really took their time to call a baby amala. Im still in shock. I used to think the whole amala and colorism thing was bants but what was that comment? And people are laughing in the replies. Wawu
— My eyes see Oppenheimer (@_LOHI_) October 10, 2018
Saying a baby looks like amala.. Wtf is wrong some of you.
— Enitan 💝 (@Lapamper02) October 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/KvngBen_/status/1050132786131156998
Others think otherwise
#Amala How on earth do blacks reason? If the color is described as chocolate, it is attractive, but if it is amala, it is offensive! Are you color blind?
— Inspirational Quotes (@orimions) October 11, 2018
"Wow she looks like a chocolate bar, I just wanna huggghhhh..."
"Wow she looks like a bowl of ice cream"
"Damn, she's dripping sauceee. Stewwwww"
All these are accepted right?But now
"Aw he looks like amala"
Now you're angryWhy?
— Na Hypocrisy Go Kill You (@8ft_Rold) October 11, 2018
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https://twitter.com/TheOmolawyer/status/1050301690921066497
I don’t see the point tbh
The baby was so beautiful and he/she definitely looked like a well rounded amala😍😍😍 https://t.co/aoShEoGSn3— Omobolape (@queen_mobola) October 11, 2018
For the love and hatred of Amala
Amala is very delicious.
— Isima (@IsimaOdeh) October 11, 2018
To make it worse, amala and gbegiri 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
— DR. OYIN ✨ (@OyinComms) October 8, 2018
Why do people eat amala though ? I really need to know
— Romoke (@miyyah__) October 10, 2018
you don’t like amala because it doesn’t conform to your standard of swallow being white or lightly colored. you’re colorist & you don’t know what you’re missing.
— 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐤 ॐ 🧝🏾♀️🌙 (@notkafilah) October 11, 2018
Other reactions
https://twitter.com/badmanmide/status/1050295025186295808
the “cool” thing now is to hate amala for a couple of likes pic.twitter.com/yS9ymXvhi1
— ✭♱☽ (@livelovesoff) October 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/Iam_Abdulaxis/status/1050295204836720640
I saw Amala trending and started smiling thinking there has been an advancement in the field of amala, only to find out its only trending cause someone compared a baby to it. Nigerians have tire me I swear 😖 lol
— BlueNotNice (@Bluenotnice) October 11, 2018
Aparently, there are two kinds of people, those who love Amala and those who hate it. Which one are you? More trending topics on social media below.
Not so Open Visa Africa
On Tuesday, we got whiff of Tanzanian's new visa on arrival policy.
https://twitter.com/funmioyatogun/status/1049604403261558784
Confirming the news, the Tanzanian Immigration website clearly names Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Lebanon and about 24 other countries in Africa and the Middle East, as well as "stateless persons or persons with refugee status" as countries whose citizens require Referral Visa.
What in the #VisaFreeAfrica is this? Tanzania scrapping visa on arrival for some countries = 2 steps forward, 3 steps back.
What happens to Agenda 2063? AU passport? 83 day deadline? https://t.co/6nJ6UQxQio
— Georgie (@georgiendirangu) October 11, 2018
When Ethiopia is opening its doors for Visa on Arrival, Tanzania is doing the opposite towards Nigeria, Mali, Niger, Somalia amongst others; Big up Rwanda, Seychelles & Ethiopia.
— {smy} (@Dkalahari) October 10, 2018
Nigeria again?
Tanzania has cancelled visa on arrival for Nigerians?
LOL! We keep taking the piss.
— Ikenna Nzimora (@ronaldnzimora) October 9, 2018
https://twitter.com/Debbs_Williams/status/1049889297359405058
https://twitter.com/lizzybeezz/status/1050112311292297216
Since Tanzania has now canceled visa on Arrival for Nigerians.
We can well say our passport is completely useless.
So we have no right to call or a passport anymore. It should be called Nigerian ID card.I’m even serious.
— トビ (@0lutobi) October 10, 2018
Other reactions
https://twitter.com/farhatahir/status/1050002664573030400
https://twitter.com/glory_osei/status/1049719257947402240
https://twitter.com/funmioyatogun/status/1050331151812964352
https://twitter.com/She_Who_Is/status/1049624803936821249
Read more here.
Sarkodie's "Advice" to Shatta Wale
For a while now, Ghanaian dancehall artiste Shatta Wale and his fellow countryman and popular rap superstar Sarkodie have been at loggerheads. Actually, it's been mostly Shatta dissing Sarkodie and other artistes on social media and during interviews.
Anyway, this week, Sarkodie released a diss track titled Advice directed at Shatta.
Sarkodie's Advice 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥https://t.co/wob1jR7p8w
— Da Mayor Designs 🎨💻 (@iam_damayor) October 11, 2018
Here are a few reactions from Ghanaians and Nigerians
Fire!!
https://twitter.com/LivingInNigeria/status/1050026616531902465
Shatta Wale’s reign album is important but @sarkodie’s #advice importanter. 😂💔
— Kofi Millen (@evietricephotos) October 10, 2018
Sarkodie disses with respect and empathy. He is the kind of artist to make a track about you, and you will cry all night and promise to be a better man in the morning. #advise
— Joey Akan (@JoeyAkan) October 10, 2018
Shatta Wale likes beefing people that will make him blow.
People that will revive his already dead career...
Sarkodie killed that freestyle 💯
— Chukwuebuka Okoroafor (@DannyFreshii) October 11, 2018
Burn!!
https://twitter.com/Rouvafe/status/1050066341493960704
Sarkodie just downgraded Shatta Wale back to Bandana from Ghana e ee
— Champ. (@___vaughan) October 10, 2018
Sarkodie made Shatta Wale look unsecured and made him look like he has low self esteem 😭😭😭😭
King Sark
— Chukwuebuka Okoroafor (@DannyFreshii) October 10, 2018
Sarkodie says Shatta Wale dey wear aluminum chains, like seriously 😳
— TonkraLism 💎 (@TonkraGH) October 10, 2018
Shatta Wale's fans are still solidly behind him
But I trust SHATTA wale , he is full of surprises !!! Never underestimate champion !!!! I trust wale champion u are the king of BEEF N DISS !! Please don’t let me down .. am telling my boyz here ..I know what u can do ! Just respond for me
— Showbezzy (@2hypeshowboy) October 10, 2018
Shatta wale's reply soon dropping! Teaser! pic.twitter.com/mdPfAAi2bY
— Frederick Lartey (@LarteyFrederick) October 10, 2018
SHATTA wale please don’t disgrace me !!! Please reply SARK FOR ME pic.twitter.com/lO9QXtmQZS
— Showbezzy (@2hypeshowboy) October 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/KimlyKesseh/status/1050130335655182338
Other reactions
Stonebowy after listening to Sarkodie's diss track to Shatta Wale 😂💥 pic.twitter.com/yH8XAFbFrV
— selasi🧏🏾♂️ (@meabiselasi) October 10, 2018
Shatta Wale And Pope Skinny Recording A Reply To Sarkodie pic.twitter.com/HPZq8XUwnS
— Kwadwo Sheldon Studios (@ksheldonstudios) October 10, 2018
Sarkodie sipping a glass of champagne, while sitting down and at the same time schooling Shatta Wale. This is the level of calmness I want in my life when people try to get on my nerves 😀 #Genius https://t.co/2jmXJ8XAsL
— Tosin🇳🇬🇨🇦👨 (@Ohloowatoscene) October 11, 2018
Shatta Michy And Shatta Wale right now pic.twitter.com/5OqJHFyn0Y
— MANUEL (@mannie___ross) October 10, 2018
We await the full version of Shatta Wale's reply to Sark.
#FreeBhadoosky
In July, popular Nigerian Twitter influencer, Hakeem Bhadmus known by his handle @Bhadoosky tweeted about a certain school, Great Cornerstone International Science School, located in Ondo state, South-West Nigeria.
The gist was that the school charged each student of its 2017/2018 graduating class ₦5000 (about $14) for a plasma TV parting gift. In the school magazine, the school separated the names of the students that paid from those that didn't.
https://twitter.com/Bhadoosky/status/1020563517336891392
Read the full thread here.
For some reason, three months after, Bhadoosky was arrested on Wednesday in relation to the tweets and taken from Ibadan to Ondo state.
https://twitter.com/Bhadoosky/status/1049938908212023296
On hearing the news of his arrest, Bhadoosky's fellow influencers began tweeting with #FreeBhadoosky.
The police abducted @Bhadoosky and took him to another state (in Akure). He is currently being taken to Anti Kidnapping. So it is clear that they used an unrelated unit to prosecute illegally their vindictive plot. The world will hear about it and heads will roll. #ReformPoliceNG
— SEGA L'éveilleur® (@segalink) October 10, 2018
So @Bhadoosky has been arrested and being taken interstate for raising concerns about what’s happening in a school that is absolutely wrong. You don’t arrest a man in Ibadan and take him to Akure when he is not a criminal. #FreeBhadoosky https://t.co/fzJuladjgM
— Elsie Godwin (@ELSiEiSY) October 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/jackdre02/status/1049973164585996289
https://twitter.com/thepamilerin/status/1049966176984543232
He's been released
https://twitter.com/Bhadoosky/status/1050042962334425089
My guy, @Bhadoosky is fine, the DC Anti-Kidnapping released him for me without any condition, we will have a meeting with the complainant and their lawyer tomorrow, @Stalyf is here too, Kòsí wàhálà, kòsí Pressure, e calm down. #FreeBhadoosky pic.twitter.com/GIncBtXhn9
— Olúyẹmí Fásípè AICMC (@YemieFash) October 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/iSlimfit/status/1050029608345702400
https://twitter.com/ebuka_akara/status/1050035800732327936
Other reactions
If my son's school make him pay for a gift to the school & then publish his name in the graduation magazine for not paying.
I will sue the owners,sue his teacher,sue the graduation event organisers.
I will make sure they lose all their students from bad press.#FreeBhadoosky
— Ayò-Bánkólé Akíntújoyè (@AyoBankole) October 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/lasubred/status/1049998330061881344
The gave @Bhadoosky free publicity. Saw him on AIT's Kakaaki Social.
Baba has gone global.#FreeBhadoosky— ayoolaOfficial!🎙️ (@hayoolla) October 11, 2018
They arrested @Bhadoosky for speaking out???? Naa, mahn... I give up
— Temildred J (@MilliMoney_) October 11, 2018
In other news, controversial Nigerian journalist Kemi Olunloyo is accusing Bhadoosky of defamation of character. Read all about it here.
