AFCON 2013 Trending (Source: Trendsmap)
While the world was watching Fun scoop The Best Song Grammy for their popular “We Are Young” track in the wee hours of this morning ZA time, Africa was still gripped by AFCON2013 final’s result – Nigeria 1:0 Burkina Faso.
The was something special about this win for the Nigerians:
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The rhyme in the tweet above typifies the moment when you could say it all came together for Sunday Mba and the Super Eagles. Creative Twitterers had a ball, coining a few more interesting rhymes. Here’s my pick:
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Looks like some wishful thinking South Africans were not complaining about Nigeria winning the tournament (or was this sour grapes?):
AFCON 2013 Cup Staying in South Africa?
AFCON’s trending on Twitter was not a fluke. The final game generated the biggest tweeting traffic of the tournament:
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It was a good tournament overall despite limited marketing by Local Organising Committee, fact that Bafana Bafana being knocked out in the quarters, and dusty pitches of some of the hosting stadiums including The Calabash
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