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Emoji看起來很多，但有時候真的找不到合適的，尤其是當你想表達一些特別有特色的東西時，比如自己國家的文化。

設(shè)計師O’Plérou Grebet也有這種感覺，于是他自己出手設(shè)計了一套非洲文化的特色emoji，365個，大受歡迎。

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圖片來源：O’Plerou Grebet

When?emoji first began populating Japanese cellphone screens in 1999, modern communication was forever changed.?

當表情符號（顏文字）于1999年首次出現(xiàn)在日本人的手機屏幕上時，現(xiàn)代交流的方式就徹底改變了。

The digital image bank, created by Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita to convey lengthy sentiments succinctly, rewrote the limits of language for the new millennium. Emoji are a system of symbols in the tradition of hieroglyphics, tailor-made for the efficient conversations today’s technology has afforded us.

由日本藝術(shù)家栗田繁孝創(chuàng)建的數(shù)字圖像銀行簡明地傳達了復雜的情感，為新千禧一代改寫了語言的界限。表情符號是一套傳統(tǒng)的象形文字符號體系，是為高效對話而量身定制的，也是當今技術(shù)所賦予我們的。

As with all innovations that push culture forward, the emoji language has been built upon since its debut. In fact, the Unicode Consortium recently announced that “Emoji 13.0” will appear on devices later this year, featuring 62 new emoji including a pi?ata, an olive, and a transgender flag.?

表情符號與所有推動文化進步的創(chuàng)新一樣，自其問世以來，一直致力于推動文化的進步。其實，統(tǒng)一碼聯(lián)盟最近宣布，“表情符號13.0”將于今年晚些時候在設(shè)備上上線，其中包括62個新的表情符號，有皮納塔（pi?ata）、橄欖和跨性別者標志。

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But in 2018, a young designer from the Ivory Coast added a whopping 365 characters to the emoji lexicon—one for each day of the year.

不過，2018年一位來自象牙海岸的年輕設(shè)計師為表情符號詞典添加了整整365個符號，也就是說，一年中的每一天都有一個。

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O’Plérou Grebet, frustrated with mainstream media’s often-inaccurate depictions of African culture, decided to reimagine the popular messaging system through his own fresh perspective. The result? Zouzoukwa, a set of hundreds of downloadable emoji representing West African culture, available for use in WhatsApp. Grebet’s application has been downloaded more than 100,000 times, mostly from C?te d’Ivoire and West Africa, followed by France and Europe.

因主流媒體常對非洲文化做出不準確的描述，O’Plérou Grebet為此而感到失望，于是他決定通過他自己的新視角重新定義這一流行訊息系統(tǒng)。結(jié)果如何呢？于是，一套代表西非文化的表情符號Zouzoukwa就誕生了，這些表情符號有數(shù)百個，還可以下載，而且可以在WhatsApp（一款智能手機通訊應(yīng)用）中使用。Grebet的應(yīng)用程序已被下載逾10萬次，其下載用戶主要來自科特迪瓦和西非，其次是法國和歐洲。

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“I noticed that most of the articles in the media about Africa were focused only on its bad sides and showed a reduced image made of war, hunger, poverty. These elements are true, but it’s not everywhere in the continent, so I wanted to show a different side of my continent through sharing our daily lives with emojis,” Grebet told Co.Design. “The main challenge was finding ideas for every emoji, but my family, my friends and my followers helped me when I was stuck.”

Grebet告訴Co.Design（協(xié)同設(shè)計，咨詢服務(wù)商）：“我注意到，媒體上關(guān)于非洲的多數(shù)文章都只關(guān)注了非洲不好的一面，展示了非洲的戰(zhàn)爭、饑餓和貧困等片面的形象。這些都是真的，但并不是非洲大陸上所有的地方都是如此，所以我想用表情符號來分享我們的日常生活，展現(xiàn)非洲大陸的另一面。我面臨的主要挑戰(zhàn)是我需要為每一個表情符號尋找創(chuàng)意，不過，在我被難住的時候，我的家人、朋友和粉絲幫助了我?！?/div>

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The graphic designer endeavored to create a brand-new emoji for each day of the year, noting: “the other challenge was to finish each emoji on time, before midnight. I managed to draw in the morning or in the evening—or both when the emoji was complex—and always finish in time.”

這位平面設(shè)計師努力為一年中的每一天創(chuàng)造一個全新的表情符號，他指出：“他面臨的另一項挑戰(zhàn)是要在午夜之前按時完成每個表情符號。我設(shè)法在早上或晚上繪制，如果某個表情符號很復雜，我早上和晚上都會進行繪制，我一直都按時完成表情符號的設(shè)計?！?/div>

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非洲經(jīng)濟最好的國家是哪個？如果是按經(jīng)濟總量來算，并不是南非，而是西非的尼日利亞，他們的GDP總量在2019年已經(jīng)達到全球第27，而南非是全球第35。

尼日利亞是非洲第一人口大國，總?cè)丝?.73億，占非洲總?cè)丝诘?6%，同時也是非洲第一大經(jīng)濟體。尼日利亞是非洲能源資源大國，是非洲第一大石油生產(chǎn)和出口大國。

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