PHOTO: Burna Boy. Photo credit: November 3, 2019 – Burna Boy performs at SSE Arena Wembley on November 3, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage)
After vowing never to step foot in South Africa, Nigerian superstar and BET winner Burna Boy, has now announced his return to the country to perform at the Africans Unite concert that is scheduled for November 23, 2019.
During the xenophobia attacks that took place in South Africa in September, Nigerians were widely attacked and killed by South Africans, and this angered the likes of Tiwa Savage and Burna Boy who refused performing at the concert that was set for September.
Now the Nigerian Artist has changed his mind and is now ready to perform in South Africa and he has said that part of the proceeds from the concert will be given to the victims of the xenophobia attacks.
It is set to be an anti-xenophobia concert, focused on bringing Africans together, tagged “Africa Unite.” Nigerian-American artist Jidenna as well as South African artists Kwesta and and Busiswa are also set to perform. CNN has confirmed the concert will take place on November 23, 2019. Burna Boy took to Twitter over the weekend to announce his presence in the anti-xenophobia concert.
After Burna Boy announced his return to South Africa, it sparked a lot of controversy as many reacted, including the South African rap artist AKA who called the Burna Boy out for what they believed was a “hypocrisy” given his initial comments back in September.
While the news of Burna’s upcoming show has been met with mostly positive responses from both Nigerians and South Africans online, AKA still appears to be taking jabs at the artist and he is dragging along a lot of his fans too into protesting against the Nigerian singers concert. AKA responded to the news via Twitter, implying that South Africans were the real victims of the violence and that proceeds would need to go to them “for the most part” as a result.
