It’s been 50 years since Britain left. Why are so many African judges still wearing wigs?

[RadaMillz]

I don't know what the colonials did to that part of Africa but they seem obsessed with Europeans.

 

[BigMan]

Religious and trade purposes.

Official language =\= the national language. It doesn't imply subservience.

Plus it was decided by a dictator.

There's also an Arab minority in the country.

i don't understand how having French as an official language implies subservience but english, Arabic, and Portuguese are ok

 

[™BlackPearl The Empress™]

The could at least get black wigs

 

[Karb]

i don't understand how having French as an official language implies subservience but english, Arabic, and Portuguese are ok

It's the national language. Most of them don't even speak their naive tongues. Never said that exchanging your own language for Portuguese or Arabic was good

 

[BigMan]

It's the national language. Most of them don't even speak their naive tongues. Never said that exchanging your own language for Portuguese or Arabic was good

source?

 

[badtguy]

Them nikkas are ashamed they can't get them 360s spinning.

If they were dipping like that. They'd want the whole world to know that their wave game is on point

 

[Strapped]

Can social media tell them they look silly & foolish

 

[Boujee Bonita Braxton]

@Ol' Otis

Now it makes sense.

 

[mbewane]

Ethiopia has no official language and was created by Africans not by the Berlin conference
I don't get why folks get about French but have no problem with English and Portuguese and Arabic being official languages for African countries

Exactly. Or Arabic for that matter, since it's also an imported language (from way before, but still imported. Ask Berbers how they feel about it).

The way I see it is that a lot of "brehs" have taken on the anglo-saxon french-bashing, and ironically under the semblance of being "pro-Africa" are really just rehashing the anti-french stance of Anglos, without even realizing it. And using it as an excuse to look down on francophone Africans on some anglo-saxon

 

[BigMan]

Exactly. Or Arabic for that matter, since it's also an imported language (from way before, but still imported. Ask Berbers how they feel about it).

The way I see it is that a lot of "brehs" have taken on the anglo-saxon french-bashing, and ironically under the semblance of being "pro-Africa" are really just rehashing the anti-french stance of Anglos, without even realizing it. And using it as an excuse to look down on francophone Africans on some anglo-saxon

Not to mention some of these countries do have African official languages in addition to French

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Stupid tradition.

Looking like a permed Odell beckham



No one rocked a wig like Lord Denning though

Lord Denning was smart, but crazy like a fox

 

[PinotNoir]

I'm sorry, but they look silly. It's like they're saying "we aren't knowledgeable until we put on our blond wigs because it also shows power". Which is sad because they're still mentally stuck in colonialism and Euro worship.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Ethiopia has no official language and was created by Africans not by the Berlin conference
I don't get why folks get about French but have no problem with English and Portuguese and Arabic being official languages for African countries

Amharic is the national language of Ethiopia, but it's controlled by Tigrayans.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

I don't know what the colonials did to that part of Africa but they seem obsessed with Europeans.

The images in the article were from Zimbabwe and Nigeria (the zoo), I believe.

 

[Hoodoo Child]

That's what Eurocentric values will do to ya