Another Nigerian Activist Cancels Engagement In South Africa | Sahara Reporters The activist added that the violence against Nigerians in South Africa should agitate the entire continent and that the AU should urgently step up and play a role... READ MORE:
Nnimmo Bassey, a renown environmental activist and director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation, has cancelled a speaking engagement in South Africa.He was due to speak at a conference tagged, 'Financing the Future', which was scheduled to hold on September 10 and 11, 2019, in Cape Town.
Bassey, in a statement issued on Thursday, said, “The hate and the resultant violence against 'others' remind us of the dark apartheid days and appears to underscore the deep disruptions that swirl under the surface of a deeply unequal society.
While he condemned the horrible attacks, Bassey admonished Nigerians at home not vent their anger on South Africans and associated businesses in Nigeria, stating that two wrongs could not make a right.
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