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Quinton Rusero
AMERICAN stand-up comedian and actress, Tiffany Haddish, who is in Zimbabwe for her summer holiday, has torched a social media firestorm after posting her video shopping in a supermarket in Harare.
Tiffany, who also visited the Victoria Falls, appeared surprised to find such a big supermarket in Africa.
‘’Look at the grocery store. They have a grocery store, it is beautiful,” she said in her video.
‘’In Africa, baby, believe it.”
Some Zimbabweans felt offended by remarks, claiming she was mocking them while others welcomed the comments saying, at least, she now knows the truth.
She then posted on her social media plaform saying:
‘’I am an American, a black one at that, and told for years that people are starving in Africa, and showed pictures of babies with flies on them.
“Told crazy stories of how they kill each other and there is war everyday there. I asked my black friends to go with me and they were scared.
“We got here and I have been eyes full of tears finding out the truth. The media be lying. I thought I would share because I know people in the USA that believe Africans don’t have anything.”
When an X user named @Shar asked “Do you think that we eat grass?” Tiffany responded:
“No, but the media had me thinking all of your foods are purchased in outdoor markets with goats and cows just hanging out waiting to be slaughtered.
“With all kinds of smells and flies everywhere.”
Here are some of the reactions:
“In 2024, Americans still think Africans eat from the trees and live in caves,” – @Tynash.
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Thank you so much for visiting our nation Zimbabwe. – B. Chikerema
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Great to have you in Zimbabwe Tiffany. Find time to Visit the Ancient Great Zimbabwe Monument in southern Zimbabwe. Our own “version of the pyramids”. – Taguma Musinga
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter