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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 10 Nov 2017

    Oscar award winning Kenyan actress Lupita Ny'ongo has tweeted that UK magazine Grazia has "edited out and smoothed" her hair to fit what she says is a Eurocentric view of beauty. http://bbc.in/2hjLkuS pic.twitter.com/vQEpaDB6e7

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      1. AFROBEATS LOL  👉🏽 👌🏾 😂‏ @wanlov 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        is it yor magazine?

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      1. lalas  🇿🇲 🇿🇼‏ @lksav 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This has been happening forever imagine Elizabeth Taylor as queen Cleopatra Europeans love to tone down blackness

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      1. Saro Wiwa‏ @sarowiwa95 10 Nov 2017
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        They should leave her hair alone. Ata ikiwa ndengu bado tunampenda

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      2. Obenia Masanzu‏ @OMasanzu 10 Nov 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @mcafrikazim

        Does the hair belong to the editors of the mag

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      1. Dr Akin Othman‏ @Akinothman 10 Nov 2017
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        That’s what sells the magazine, unfortunately! Racist fools!

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      1. Awe Magazine‏ @MaggAwe 10 Nov 2017
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        Please follow. Can we discuss our venture?

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      1. Stanley Mukonambi‏ @SkMukonambi 10 Nov 2017
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        we all know she ain't the one who appears in all these margazines

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      1. ThisIsSamuel‏ @samih_st 10 Nov 2017
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        Issa fact...don't edit without consulting

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