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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 9 Nov 2017

    What should we do with colonial statues? http://bbc.in/2hfm60t pic.twitter.com/BfVx5Rz2EH

    8:32 AM - 9 Nov 2017
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      1. shikanga philip‏ @shyksp 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Give back to the colonizers to do whatever they feel like with them.

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      1. ULTRA JAY265 🚀 🇲🇼‏ @ultraJay265 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Ship them to their owners

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      2. Sarata‏ @SuwoBurundiMuso 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Pound them into pieces with a sledgehammer and use them to fill potholes after the rainy season.

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. CerebralPapi‏ @MandlakayiseSi2 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @SuwoBurundiMuso @BBCAfrica

        You are legendary

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. George Munai‏ @MunaiG 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Bring them down!

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      1. simonmeke‏ @simonmeke7 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Make a lot of money by opening museum & make tourist come see them. Educate Africans abt the past history & present to enlighten them.

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      1. Tizhe‏ @tizhe90 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I suggest we keep them for history lessons.

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      1. Farai Marapira‏ @marapira_farai 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        If made of stone: strap dynamite and blow them up. If metal: melt and put the metal to better use. If a grave: build a urinary atop of it. We have nothing to relish from colonial relics...

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      1. Mustapha_I‏ @mustee_i 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Well nothing.

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      1. Jose Alberto Muñoz Salas‏ @ZambaChita 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We should replace them w/those of the dictators...see if the can take a hint.

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      1. D.D. Simeon‏ @dzewola 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        destroy those that degrade our values

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      1. Robbie‏ @rmugera 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It's a statue leave it unless if u have nothing constructive to do

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      1. Wamaze‏ @Rwanyonnga 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Take them down and replace them with our independence heroes. Next on the list: colonial names, both for people & places.

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      1. Wachira J Gĩtahi‏ @wachira_gitahi 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The family (owners) or colonial Govts should take them home for posterity! For instance, Lord Delemere's statue in Kenya is in his farm at Roy Sambu! It is rumoured!

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      1. Dion K‏ @DionKandima 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        If we changed names and flags of our countries, its only logical to take them down.

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      2. Takunda Taruvinga‏ @TafroKandyInk 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Leave them alone.theyre a piece of history and art

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. a Maan called‏ @busyDoinNAhting 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @TafroKandyInk

        whose history and art ???

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      4. Takunda Taruvinga‏ @TafroKandyInk 9 Nov 2017
        Replying to @busyDoinNAhting

        Of the countries in question.u will never convince a kid 500 years from now that something happened

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Tholumusa F Mlalazi‏ @tholumusam 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        remove them Just like post independence statues we no longer identify with

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