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Xenophobia: South African Artists Protest Against Burnaboy Because They Were Sidelined While He Was Asked To Perform In Their Own Country

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An act which suspiciously smells of rapper AKA, has some xenophobic South African musicians signing a needless petition to the Minister of Arts to have Nigerian star Burnboy sidelined at the upcoming Africa Unite concert slated for 23 and 24 November.

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Recall that Burnaboy had reacted during the xenophobic attacks and had threatened to beat SA rapper AKA, who condoned the act on Twitter.

The Africans Unite concerts, a response to recent xenophobia in the country is organised by Play Network Africa, based in Nigeria, in partnership with Phambili Media SA and enjoys the patronage of South Africa’s department of arts and culture.

It will feature Burna Boy, Kwesa and Jidenna, and other acts. The first concert will hold at Hillcrest Quarry in Cape Town on 23 November and the second at Sun Arena, Time Square in Pretoria.

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However, the Tshwane Collective questioned the exclusion of local artists and Burna Boy’s invitation to perform at the concert, accusing the African Giant of inciting hatred against South Africa, in the wake of the xenophobic attacks.

“Whoever may have deemed that the country needs a PR exercise of this nature would have done so largely as a result of the callous, misleading and unwarranted incitement by this very artist. Not only did he spread falsehoods through his extensive platform, he literally incited violence and hate.

He further promised to inflict his own violence on locals before giving your government an ultimatum which you seem to have received and succumbed to”, the group said in the letter to Nathi Mthethwa, Minister of Art and Culture.

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The department of culture has however distanced itself from the concert and said that its logo had been used “erroneously” on posters advertising the event, Times Live reported.

“The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture wishes to dispel the untrue information currently being spread on social media, that it is funding the Africans Unite Concert featuring the artist known as Burna Boy. It is unfortunate that the department’s logo was erroneously used on the poster advertising the event,” spokesperson Asanda Magaqa told TshisaLIVE.

Source: africacelebrities.com

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