“You do not have the right to harass another person for not speaking up yet because you do not live in their heads… Please let us be guided.” Nigeria Xenophobia SouthAfrica
This isn’t the first time this has happened either, incidents like this flare up occasionally in a country still struggling with the aftermath of decades of apartheid. While social media, through the proliferation of fake videos and clips, undoubtedly poured petrol on an already volatile situation, the saying goes that there is no smoke without fire — except it’s shisha. Okay, I made that last part up.
But Nigerian fans have historically expected their pop stars to speak on social issues, or sing about them at least. Rightly or wrongly, artists are sometimes seen as quasi-prophets with the ability to bring awareness to the people’s plight, even if they lack the infrastructure to solve them.
However, this isn’t one of the situations where artists have the luxury of sitting things out. The music industry in Nigeria and SA share a close commercial connection. This connection has been deepened over the past 15-20 years primarily through the emergence of connectors like Channel O, MTV Base Africa, BET Africa and MTN. Their presence in both countries created a rich platform for artists, videographers, executives and other professionals from Lagos to Jo’burg to collaborate heavily.
But in the last week, AKA has gone from that exalted space to public enemy #1 in Nigerian music. The colorful MC had used xenophobic dog-whistles in the past, like when the Super Eagles threw Bafana Bafana out of the African Nations Cup and he claimed that it hurt particularly bad to lose to Nigeria because South Africans lose to Nigerians in “every way”, and when he reignited his beef with his arch-nemesis Cassper Nyovest, after criticizing him for wanting to be Nigerian.
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