Nigerians Share What Would’ve Happened If Albert Einsten Was African
NEF Global Gathering 2016
March 11, 2016
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Africa as a continent has a lot of catching up to do with the rest of the science world. Nigerians on Twitter re-imagined Albert Einstein as an African and their tweets were hilarious.
1. We wouldn’t be thanking anybody for bringing Facebook to Nigeria.
But they are still very relevant and making changes in Africa!
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