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Trending: Harambe: The Meme that Won’t Go Away

Harambe: The Meme That Won’t Go Away

31/12/2016 GMT

Harambe: The Meme that Won’t Go Away

BBC World Service - Trending, Harambe: The Meme that Won’t Go Away

How did a gorilla shot in a zoo in the US gain such relevance to the online world?

Harambe the gorilla was shot dead in an American zoo earlier in the year. But how did the subsequent hashtags and memes manage to last so long?

One of the most successful and long lasting memes of the year was Harambe the gorilla who was shot in a zoo in America. How did this particular animal gain such cultural relevance to the online world? And, meet Joshua Coombes the internet star who volunteers to cut the hair of the homeless on the streets of London.

Produced by Anisa Subedar.

(Photo: Tributes to Harambe. Credit: John Sommers II/Getty Images)

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