#BringBackOurGirls has become the most used hashtag on Twitter in Nigeria this year with over a million tweets. This
hashtag is used on social media as a way of demanding the rescue of
over 200 female studets abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014 in
Chibok Borno State. The hashtag has become viral in Nigeria and received
international attention in the last seven days. Continue...
"Initially,
this was not a coordinated campaign. It was a number of individuals in
Nigeria tweeting to raise awareness in the hope that the international
community would eventually take notice," Abdullahi told the BBC.
The
hashtag is also very popular on Facebook and Instagram, receiving over
150,000 posts on the latter. It has been posted by a number of global
celebrities and personalities including the first lady of the United States Michelle Obama, actress Angelina Jolie,Queen of Pop Madonna and pop singer Chris Brown.
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