Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @rakidi
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
82
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-22
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Tweets covering
8 days
Average age of authors' accounts
8 years
Summarization
A member of parliament in Lesotho wants to declare parts of South African provinces as part of Lesotho's territory. This has been a longstanding issue, but it is not a serious proposal. Meanwhile, Uganda has passed a bill criminalizing people who identify as gay, which has drawn criticism from some international figures. One Twitter user suggests that US neoconservative ideology has contributed to this development. Another user jokes that Lesotho will grow larger as a result of the territorial claims.
Topic Modeling
- Lesotho territorial claims
- Anti-LGBTQ laws in Uganda
- Political figures and their actions/remarks
- Celebratory messages and congratulations
- Speculative/end of world commentary
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets range from support for a member of parliament's territorial claim for Lesotho, to criticism of a bill criminalizing individuals who identify as LGBTIQ+ in Uganda. Some tweets express frustration and skepticism towards the territorial claim, while others express excitement and encouragement. One tweet shows disappointment towards the actions of Uganda's government, and another expresses wonder and hope for the future. Overall, the emotions expressed in these tweets are diverse and complex.
Trend Analysis
- Proposed expansion of Lesotho's territory
- Criminalization of LGBTIQ+ individuals in Uganda
- Historical context and knowledge of the claims
- Praises and congratulatory messages for Angelique Kidjo's award
- Speculations and opinions on various topics, including fascism, spreading the gospel, and Uganda's reputation
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
39
Percentage of total tweets
47%
Number of Original tweets
2
Percentage of total tweets
2%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
82
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
41
Percentage of total tweets
50%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
7
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
17
Percentage of total tweets
20%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 37 |
| Twitter Web App | 28 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 15 |
| Hootsuite Inc. | 1 |
| Paper.li | 1 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| johnallannamu | John-Allan Namu | Husband. Dad. Co-founder @Afuncensored.🦁 | 1,029,684 |
| Chahali | 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐢 | One-Man Think-Tank | Tweeting in English + Swahili | RTs≠endorsement | 205,944 |
| PopulismUpdates | Populism Updates | Every angle of the realignment. Coverage of a person/story does not equal support | 101,244 |
| RGAMeyer | Ruona J. Meyer | Independent Media & DEI Consultant | PhD ongoing | 🇳🇬-🇩🇪 | Nigeria's 1st Emmy Nominee 2019 | In @BBC, @FT @Reuters etc ... https://t.co/yOzfwzdoBn | 20,781 |
| CKyobutungi | Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi | MBChB, MSc, PhD | Executive Director APHRC | Quotable Professional 😊 | Toxic Feminist 🕶 | #DecolonizeGH | Will tweet for money ₤$€ | Views personal | 19,963 |
| AndrewHeslop | Andrew Heslop | Broadcaster • Keynote Speaker • MC • Award-winning Social Entrepreneur • Australia Day Ambassador • Neighbour Day founder • Insta: Andrew.Heslop #BeInspired | 14,466 |
| KiberuJimmy | Jimmy Kiberu | Business leader. Global citizen. Africa experience. Failure is not an option. Space/Environment fanatic. Social equity. Fascinated by space science&exploration | 14,383 |
| JoshuaLivestro | Joshua Livestro | Senior advisor public affairs (Netherlands and EU) & member European Integration panel Dutch Foreign Office advisory council. JoshuaLivestro@mastodon.nl | 11,946 |
| AKUMediaFutures | Media Innovation Centre - The Aga Khan University | We must come together to build a media ecosystem that treats journalism as an essential public service - Prof. Victor Pickard | 9,493 |
| Elirri | Evelyn Lirri | Journalist. Ex-@DailyMonitor I Nomadic byline now.Telling the #AfricaStory. This is the frontier-& I'm reporting for duty~Beloved by mosquitoes | 9,063 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| AndrewHeslop | Andrew Heslop | Broadcaster • Keynote Speaker • MC • Award-winning Social Entrepreneur • Australia Day Ambassador • Neighbour Day founder • Insta: Andrew.Heslop #BeInspired | 8,472 |
| JoshuaLivestro | Joshua Livestro | Senior advisor public affairs (Netherlands and EU) & member European Integration panel Dutch Foreign Office advisory council. JoshuaLivestro@mastodon.nl | 7,125 |
| lubangadenno | Dennis Lubanga | Current Affairs Editor @Tuko_co_ke| I Hunt and Gather News. | 4,814 |
| SunjayJK | SunjayJK✾DIVERSITY | Diversified Consultant…Designer…Interior…Furniture…Fashion…Green+Smart Architecture+Techs…❤️Nature…Unity, Honest Productive Governance…Historian…Foodie…Writing… | 4,656 |
| johnallannamu | John-Allan Namu | Husband. Dad. Co-founder @Afuncensored.🦁 | 4,146 |
| RGAMeyer | Ruona J. Meyer | Independent Media & DEI Consultant | PhD ongoing | 🇳🇬-🇩🇪 | Nigeria's 1st Emmy Nominee 2019 | In @BBC, @FT @Reuters etc ... https://t.co/yOzfwzdoBn | 3,688 |
| KiberuJimmy | Jimmy Kiberu | Business leader. Global citizen. Africa experience. Failure is not an option. Space/Environment fanatic. Social equity. Fascinated by space science&exploration | 3,515 |
| Emmanuel_Madua | Emmanuel Maduabuchi, MNGE,JFR | Broadcast Journo,News Editor @NigeriaInfoAbj,@CoolFMAbuja, @WazobiaFMAbuja|TV host @vybeztelevision|N.C @DefenceInfoNG, @HouseNGR |https://t.co/7cYojs3hUd | 3,396 |
| TalentAhereza | Talent Ahereza | Out/Indoor Advertising | Marketing | Branding | International Relations | Diplomacy | Dairy Farmer | FMCG Distribution | Tourism | Retweets=Not Endorsements | 3,251 |
| PopulismUpdates | Populism Updates | Every angle of the realignment. Coverage of a person/story does not equal support | 3,205 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| ByaruhangaZablo | Newsman. | 7 |
| Chahali | One-Man Think-Tank | Tweeting in English + Swahili | RTs≠endorsement | 6 |
| SunjayJK | Diversified Consultant…Designer…Interior…Furniture…Fashion…Green+Smart Architecture+Techs…❤️Nature…Unity, Honest Productive Governance…Historian…Foodie…Writing… | 4 |
| PopulismUpdates | Every angle of the realignment. Coverage of a person/story does not equal support | 2 |
| james_oowich2 | Broadcast Journalist, Humanist, Researcher and Environmentalist. | 2 |
| Elirri | Journalist. Ex-@DailyMonitor I Nomadic byline now.Telling the #AfricaStory. This is the frontier-& I'm reporting for duty~Beloved by mosquitoes | 2 |
| anvaendarnamnoa | UMN 26/Blivande rövhatt. NY born raised and died. Nu Yawk sports fan. Švejkist. 🇺🇸🇸🇪🇪🇺 | 2 |
| animuathiei | Youth Peace and Security ➡️Women Peace and Security ➡️ #EndStatelessness #CombatTraffickingInPersons | 2 |
| einstein2004113 | any pronoun | lives in a commie country (🇨🇵) | 3rd year law and political sciences student | robespierre did nothing wrong | 1 |
| circlexpl | as above, so below⛧ ♊☀️♏🌙♈⬆️ Mugikuyu, anarchist, queer, abolitionist| they/them | 22 #freepalestine | 1 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1641108249746489345 | Lesotho: A member of parliament "wants legislators to declare the whole of the Free State, parts of the Northern Cape, parts of the Eastern Cape, parts of Mpumalanga and parts of KwaZulu-Natal as part of Lesotho's territory." Map of the claims below, in green (h/t @rakidi) https://t.co/KkgM9BwRYs | 12 |
| 1640440235619393536 | @rakidi @Chahali He already spoke to BBC? Now I'm convinced he's running a script. | 1 |
| 1641734338113937408 | @rakidi These people didn't share the memo. They left us behind.... 🤔 | 0 |
| 1640253313399631872 | @rakidi They have been decimating the eritrean ppl, in the past 30/60 yrs. . .before they done the Tgrai Genocide, the so called un is aware of everything. Desappointung organization | 0 |
| 1640988982321266690 | @PopulismUpdates @rakidi Ambitious | 0 |
| 1640988570436370432 | @Brutalist_ @PopulismUpdates @rakidi I’m not saying it is, more just wondering if there was any rationale at all. | 0 |
| 1640988234279944192 | @anvaendarnamnoa @PopulismUpdates @rakidi Some. But this area also has literally the vast majority of South Africa's population. This is not a serious proposal. | 0 |
| 1640987612138676224 | @PopulismUpdates @rakidi Are there significant Sesotho populations in those provinces? | 0 |
| 1640623246633467904 | @angeliquekidjo @rakidi @Polarmusicprize @IslandRecords Sorry, It's Agolo. Got it! | 0 |
| 1640607353132273664 | @angeliquekidjo @rakidi @Polarmusicprize @IslandRecords Congs! Angolo heals my heart. The video 🥰 | 0 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1641108249746489345 | Lesotho: A member of parliament "wants legislators to declare the whole of the Free State, parts of the Northern Cape, parts of the Eastern Cape, parts of Mpumalanga and parts of KwaZulu-Natal as part of Lesotho's territory." Map of the claims below, in green (h/t @rakidi) https://t.co/KkgM9BwRYs | 178 |
| 1641110451181309952 | @PopulismUpdates @rakidi he's right | 6 |
| 1638479788221276161 | @rakidi George Orwell in his grave... https://t.co/ZGxgsNvp5x | 5 |
| 1638548461497864192 | @rakidi The height of hatred | 3 |
| 1641689319667642369 | @rakidi Rachel, just sit back and watch this unpaid movie play out in slow motion. | 3 |
| 1641251274556416000 | @PopulismUpdates @rakidi https://t.co/NCdXM1bvph | 3 |
| 1638551963376795650 | @rakidi #Uganda passes bill criminalizing ppl who identify as gay/#LGBTIQ Free Individuals can face lengthy jail terms if the bill is signed into law by Hon. Prez @KagutaMuseveni Yrs of US' NeoCon Radicalization Shows "Results" @JoeBiden @SecBlinken @BarackObama @KirpalSaurabh @IamOnir https://t.co/CC6pDfIx18 | 2 |
| 1641128005379538952 | @rd_steen @PopulismUpdates @rakidi This has been a thing since statehood was a thing lol. Do you not know 7000 years of history? | 2 |
| 1641176483250032642 | @PopulismUpdates @rakidi Do it | 1 |
| 1638560210351521795 | @rakidi @KagutaMuseveni @JoeBiden @SecBlinken @BarackObama @KirpalSaurabh @IamOnir @Pontifex @JocelynEdwards @richardlusimbo @UKPC_UG @_AfricanUnion @UN_Spokesperson @vonderleyen @OlafScholz @KamalaHarris @raghav_chadha 🇺🇬 #Uganda cc @PeteButtigieg 🙏 | 1 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #uganda | 6 |
| #maandamano | 4 |
| #kenya | 3 |
| #lgbtiq | 3 |
| #southsudan | 1 |
| #azimio | 1 |
| #sjp2023 | 1 |
| #kenyan | 1 |
| #analysis | 1 |
| #auspol | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @rakidi | 82 |
| @populismupdates | 16 |
| @angeliquekidjo | 2 |
| @polarmusicprize | 2 |
| @islandrecords | 2 |
| @chahali | 2 |
| @akumediafutures | 2 |
| @journ_sa | 2 |
| @kagutamuseveni | 2 |
| @joebiden | 2 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
15
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🤣 | 4 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 😄 | 2 | grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes |
| 🤔 | 1 | thinking_face |
| 😅 | 1 | grinning_face_with_sweat |
| 🤨 | 1 | face_with_raised_eyebrow |
| 🥰 | 1 | smiling_face_with_hearts |
| 😍 | 1 | smiling_face_with_heart-eyes |
| 🇺🇬 | 1 | Uganda |
| 🙏 | 1 | folded_hands |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 11 |
| Flags | 1 |
| People & Body | 1 |