The #BringBackOurGirls of 2016: what will dominate Africa's Twittersphere this year?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/04/africa-twitter-predictions-2016-hashtags-bringbackourgirls
Nearly two years days after the Chibok schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram, the right to education in Nigeria has dominated debate. Hashtags have become a key way to measure how millions of people react to the biggest news events and debates of the day. They’re also where some of the best jokes are made. Mapping this trend, satirical news site YesiYesighana and digital bloggersCircumspecte have just released their list of the most influential topics debated by Africans on Twitter (#AOT) in 2015.
- From #BringBackOurGirls which, on 6 December, marked 600 days since the schoolgirls of Chibok were abducted by Boko Haram, to #WhatWouldMagufuliDo,
- a tribute to the newly-elected Tanzanian president’s “revolutionary” commitment to cutting wasteful government spending, looking back at popular hashtags offers a useful overview on how the big events of the year played out online.
- “If African Twitter was a bar then the year 2015 would have been one of those memorable nights out,” YesiYesighana said. “Noisy drinkers would be eating jollof while debating xenophobia, everyday sexism and everything in between.
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