Since Friday, #BlackIsKing https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> conversations going a little something like this:

Africans: ‘OMG Beyoncé got 123 aspects of my culture correct with such respect https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥺" title="Pleading face" aria-label="Emoji: Pleading face">’
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 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙏🏽" title="Folded hands (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Folded hands (mittlerer Hautton)">’

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

Africans: ‘we’re confused by what you’re saying https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏽‍♀️" title="Achselzuckende Frau (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckende Frau (mittlerer Hautton)"> We’re really feeling seen and represented by a big Disney production https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤩" title="Vom Star geblendet" aria-label="Emoji: Vom Star geblendet">’

Not Africans: ‘you don’t even know better https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😢" title="Weinendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Weinendes Gesicht"> 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 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏽‍♀️" title="Achselzuckende Frau (mittlerer Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckende Frau (mittlerer Hautton)">’

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 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙁" title="Leicht stirnrunzelndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Leicht stirnrunzelndes Gesicht">’

Did I get all the talking points? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😭" title="Laut schreiendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Laut schreiendes Gesicht">