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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Oct 30

    Today’s African #proverb: No matter how black a cow is, its milk is always white. Sent by Alhagi Singhateh in The Gambia, and Bariwu Yahaya in Ghana. How do you interpret this proverb? https://bbc.in/2Q3AYyR pic.twitter.com/gfJjiiURr6

    10:59 AM - 30 Oct 2018
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    • Munyaradzi A Shoko SOYEKWO KENETH CHESANG★[]★ Japan_Rover ABDULRAHMAN KISUGURU vicOco Olive Oleru Erick N.TheRed mubarek Mohamed Alkhair
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      1. Snail Farmer‏ @laurentdarl Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        No matter the ills spoken about you, your mettle won't wane

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      2. Andrew Duncan‏ @andrewsduncan1 Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This is deeply racist. Only joking!

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      3. Hotstepper B‏ @classybbb Oct 30
        Replying to @andrewsduncan1 @BBCAfrica

        😬🤣

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      1. afrikmart‏ @AfrikMart Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Whatever the appearance, the essence is unaffected.

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      1. Abdul Meite‏ @abdul_meite Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        No matter which race you are, you of importance to the world

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      1. AJ‏ @atamaya96 Oct 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        You are who you are

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      1. kibirango Bugeza-II‏ @wassonko Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Mugerwa_Ahmed

        Black mans thinking is perfect just as any other

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      1. 3pod‏ @MusaBouy263 Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Would like to keep my interpretation as simple: " what we always see does not necessarily imply that it's exactly how it will act or produce."

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      1. O-B-I-N-N-A ~ God's property‏ @DaChinagorom Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        There is a good thing in everyone and everything even from d least expected or most unlikely...

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      1. GH NISO - WHY PREE‏ @nisocollinson Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Level

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      1. yusuff azeez‏ @yusuffazeez1 Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        No matter how black my skin is blood flows through my vain. #StopRacism

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      1. Papi Daddy‏ @RealTalkPeople Oct 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The physical appearance is a nonissue, by your actions you share / should be judged.

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      1. Asmau Abubakar Usman‏ @AsmyabuAa Oct 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        No matter how devilish n dubious a person may seem, that person still possess goodness within

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      1. Gideonites300i‏ @AgyemangAsieduG Oct 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        •Whatever and however the appearance, the essence is unaffected and most important. Value is found in essence not appearance.

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      1. Nene Baah‏ @nenebaah Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Don't judge people by their appearance

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      1. Sylvia‏ @binti_ilahuka Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        There's always something that equalises us all; that is common despite perceived differences.

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      1. Field Marshal Makabe‏ @Motanyar Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        But, if you're thinkin' about my baby It don't matter if you're black or white. I ain't secon to none. And I told about equality and it's true Either you're wrong or you're right But, if you're thinkin' about my baby It don't matter if you're black or white by Michael Jackson

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      1. Social Ustaaz‏ @social_ustaaz Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I interpret it with yet another proverb "Most of the Pot are black but most of the food cooked in those black Pot are white food" impact of colonialism.

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      1. Dont scare Me, colonizer‏ @Skaffeke Oct 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Dont take the man/ woman BY the look. What you see is nit always what you get good/ bad

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