Since Friday, #BlackIsKing conversations going a little something like this:

Africans: ‘OMG Beyoncé got 123 aspects of my culture correct with such respect ’
Not Africans: ‘sorry that Beyoncé is using your culture as a backdrop to sell imagery & be a capitalist capitalisting’

Africans: ‘Wait, what? But she’s foregrounding some of our biggest stars and our talented creatives are getting a global platform ’

Not Africans: ‘poor things can’t even see you’re being exploited’

Africans: ‘we’re confused by what you’re saying We’re really feeling seen and represented by a big Disney production ’

Not Africans: ‘you don’t even know better this light skin creole is positioning herself as the Queen of Africa right under your colonised noses’

Africans: ‘No, no, no, she’s showing our villages, townships, cities and even pieces of wealth in a beautiful way!’

Not Africans: ‘We’re pretty sure she’s showing a false narrative of your countries that we’ve never been to ’

Africans: ‘But we LIVE here and we think she did a great job overall’

Not Africans: ‘smh you’re just happy that you aren’t portrayed as savages for once poor things ’

Did I get all the talking points?