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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 20 Jul 2017

    A Kenyan artist imagines what the Maasai people would look like in space http://bbc.in/2gMyo33 pic.twitter.com/T7kUwfbk19

    1:28 AM - 20 Jul 2017
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    • Susanjusu J. Ketch II Jefe Tinnell Wolf Gravy Nduta duncan Isαiαh Lαηgαт Bright And Hollow✈️ MemlingCarpetCrawler M III
    26 replies 214 retweets 317 likes
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      2. Piano ya kanisa‏ @nashiwyc 20 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        These guys are tough, they don't need pressurised dressing, protection from radiation and they even breathe in vacuum.

        1 reply 2 retweets 7 likes
      3. MollyRingwormBand‏ @mollyringworm87 20 Jul 2017
        Replying to @nashiwyc @BBCAfrica

        RESPECT

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Piano ya kanisa‏ @nashiwyc 20 Jul 2017
        Replying to @mollyringworm87 @BBCAfrica

        👍😉

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Fredrick Sakarombe‏ @Socrate96270057 20 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @mwanawasaM

        That shows most Kenyans have an lQ of an infant

        3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Olajide Omilana‏ @Olajidemvp 20 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Socrate96270057 @BBCAfrica @mwanawasaM

        That's not nice .

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      4. wewlads‏ @duxaltright 21 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Olajidemvp @Socrate96270057 and

        The truth ain't nice

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. The Empire II | SHICHIGORO 2.0‏ @NKondjashili 20 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        These people knew more about space than you could begin to fathom...

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Neanderthal Cave Becky  🇺🇸‏ @BunnyCupcakes31 20 Jul 2017
        Replying to @NKondjashili @BBCAfrica

        Yeah, I'll bet they did.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. The Empire II | SHICHIGORO 2.0‏ @NKondjashili 20 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BunnyCupcakes31 @BBCAfrica

        Please do elucidate. Don't appreciate fossilized rhetoric...

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Earl of Sussex‏ @le_shill 21 Jul 2017
        Replying to @NKondjashili @BBCAfrica

        WE WUZ KANGZ

        1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes
      6. The Empire II | SHICHIGORO 2.0‏ @NKondjashili 21 Jul 2017
        Replying to @le_shill @BBCAfrica

        Kings is what we still are. We just have to reclaim our thrones...

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Earl of Sussex‏ @le_shill 21 Jul 2017
        Replying to @NKondjashili @BBCAfrica

        Wow you aren't joking.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      8. The Empire II | SHICHIGORO 2.0‏ @NKondjashili 21 Jul 2017
        Replying to @le_shill @BBCAfrica

        Damn, what it is it with you folks? Ihamu li komagumbo geni ano? Fok.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. bg.valk‏ @bgvalkyahoocom1 20 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Instead of African space goers to focus on science they are busy focusing on tribe and religion, shocking 🤦🏽‍♀️

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      1. Neander Thal  🍺‏ @NeanderthalYT 22 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @HalHardwick

        💡 Great idea... just imagine Africans in space. 💡

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      1. AmbassadeDuKekistan‏ @Kekistan_France 21 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Poor guys, even in science fiction they become space hobos.

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      1. mumhad1ofthose‏ @sandpeachez 20 Jul 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        👎👎👎👎👎👎

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