Europeans and Africans Arrive

Text on the meme

Europeans arrive in Africa - 1652 Africans arrive in Europe - 2020

What it means

A two-panel comparison shows a large European sailing ship arriving in Africa in 1652, followed by a crowded group of African migrants in the sea near Europe in 2020. The joke contrasts historical European colonial arrival by ship with modern African migration to Europe, using an ironic reversal of direction and scale. EN: A two-panel comparison shows a large European sailing ship arriving in Africa in 1652, followed by a crowded group of African migrants in the sea near Europe in 2020. The joke contrasts historical European colonial arrival by ship with modern African migration to Europe, using an ironic reversal of direction and scale.

Objects

sailing ship / парусный корабль wooden boat / деревянная лодка ship masts / мачты корабля sails / паруса flags / флаги ocean / океан crowd of swimmers / толпа пловцов people in the water / люди в воде life raft / спасательный плот waves / волны blue sky / голубое небо two-panel meme / мем из двух панелей