A South African television ad for a fried chicken restaurant has folks big mad for spoofing the history of colonialism, with an African man being the colonizer and Europeans the colonized.
Last week, the Advertising Regulatory Board yanked the controversial Chicken Licken ad, condemning the fast-food chain’s commercial as a “mockery” for entertaining the fantasy of African explorers landing in Europe first, Quartz Africa reported. Not everyone was happy with the decision, however.