American comedian Tiffany Haddish has
defended her controversial TikTok video of her
visit to a supermarket in Zimbabwe, saying it
was aimed at dispelling perceptions that there
was "war everyday" in Africa.
Haddish faced a backlash from some
Zimbabweans on social media after she posted
the video of her strolling through the aisles of a
supermarket chain in the capital, Harare.
"Look at this grocery store. It's humungous, in
Africa," she says in disbelief as she scans rows
of shelves with soft drinks, frozen meat and
fresh fruit.
The video has been viewed just over 200,000
times on TikTok.
"How ignorant could she be? Did she think that
Africans shop from rocks? She needs to travel
more and unclog her sadly colonized view of the
world. Yikes," raged one user on X.
Another person said: "They think we’re chasing
lions and zebras."
A third person said that Americans have a
"misguided perception of Africa, believing that
its inhabitants live in primitive conditions,
residing in mud huts, lacking access to clean
water, and being devoid of modern amenities
like electricity and internet".
Haddish responded to the criticism on X ,
saying that she had been taught a false narrative
about Africa.
"I am an American, a Black one at that, and told
for years that people are starving in Africa,
showed pictures of babies with flies on them."
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She added that she was told "crazy stories"
about how Africans "kill each other" and there is
"war everyday".
But Haddish said that her trip to Zimbabwe has
opened her eyes and that she has been "finding
out the truth "about the continent".
"I thought I would share cause I know people in
the USA that believe Africans don’t have
anything," she wrote.
Some have come to her defence.
"We like that you like our grocery store and all
the products that shocked you are just basics
here as well, we really aren’t in the forest
hanging on trees," said a voice of support for
the actress.
The comedian is half-Eritrean and visited Eritrea
for the first time in 2018.
She praised long time ruler Isaias Afwerki, who
has been described by his critics as a "dictator".
Here's the link to the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knNothNHuBM

I no know sey her breasts dey small like this.

I think she was just excited and proud that she was wrong with her assumptions about Africa