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The life-like icons don traditional clothing and headgear
A NEW set of African-themed emojis have been launched on smartphones and tablets.
Available to download for free on Android and iOS, the Afro Emoji stickers allow users to express themselves with African characters.
Donning afro hair and tradition African items of clothing, including gele headwraps and isiagus, the Afro Emoji stickers can be used with Whatsapp, SMS or iMessage, Facebook, Twitter DM, Skype, Google hangout and BBM.
The creators of Afro Emoji, iManagement Consulting said: “We, as Africans, definitely have a distinctive way of communicating with one another, and Afro Emoji is a fun, graphic depiction of that. We are building a modern African hieroglyph that represents us.”
Some of the well known caption sayings include, "Abeg no vex", "E make brain" and "My Oga at the top", and users can also invent their own sayings.
50 free Afro Emoji stickers are available with the download and a further 300+ stickers are available for £1.49 as an in-app purchase.