However, back home, Indians are not too impressed, which means that Modi's been at the receiving end of some serious trolling.
From his clothes to train rides, we look at Modi's most hilarious moments in Africa, according to Twitter trolls.
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In South Africa, Modi addressed the Indian community in Johannesburg, dressed in a Madiba shirt, the batik silk shirt popularly worn by Nelson Mandela. Let's just say, Twitter could not stop talking about it.
🎧 Its the time to disco...🎧 pic.twitter.com/vVqi9bRs63
— The Lying Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) July 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/hankypanty/status/751490103323820033
Modi ji's shirt has been awarded the best shirt by UNESCO
— Nimit (@nimitarora1991) July 8, 2016
Today he will do the 'D se Hota hai Dancer, I se Hota hai Item, S se Hota hai Singer...' pic.twitter.com/KAdIYIBqcO
— Joy (@Joydas) July 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/pradyu85/status/751487020908834816
Modi gets measured for wax statue and Twitter can't handle it
Modi also tried his hand at some traditional drum beating in Tanzania.
New beats to the #IndiaAfrica rhythm! PM @narendramodi and President @MagufuliJP play the drum pic.twitter.com/4ilXLRAJ4o
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) July 10, 2016
Modi in South Africa. 😂😂😂
— Nilim Dutta (@NilimDutta) July 10, 2016
Image courtesy @Smita_Dutta_ . pic.twitter.com/0S84KtmTJL
Modi gets measured for wax statue and Twitter can't handle it
Twitter closely followed the Indian premier's journey on a train from Pentrich to Pietermaritzburg railway station, where Gandhi was ejected from a train in 1893 when he refused to move from a first-class compartment to a third-class one.
In revenge of Gandhi's ejection from train, PM posing for a pic after ejecting all passengers of that train.(2016) pic.twitter.com/f3mERAwN9p
— History of India (@RealHistoryPic) July 9, 2016
https://twitter.com/saliltripathi/status/752013378760085505
A friend sent this meme he had seen on @facebook. I think @narendramodi 's image managers need to work more wisely. pic.twitter.com/HhUbjx5gSd
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) July 10, 2016
And then there was some general trolling, just because:
Shouldn't someone inform him about the situation in Kashmir? pic.twitter.com/MBFk7V7T0Z
— SamSays (@samjawed65) July 10, 2016
@narendramodi pic.twitter.com/EFSimpZVBO
— राहुल (@furherrahul) July 9, 2016
Tallest man in that picture - Our PM. https://t.co/gYUZlmiCmZ
— TheComicProject (@thecomicproject) July 10, 2016
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