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Local artist Sho Madjozi has spoken out against the "Africans Unite" organisers' motives behind the concert, following cancellation.
The " John Cena" rapper took to her Twitter account and said that the "Africans Unite" concert organisers used xenophobia as a marketing ploy rather than making a real change.
In the lengthy thread, the award-winning artist said she declined a request to perform due to Burna Boy being the headlining act since they wanted a "controversial figure".
It was so clear that the issue of xenophobia in South Africa was being used more as a marketing ploy by the organizers of the “Africa Unite” concert than as a way to effect real change.
— #SenaAla (@ShoMadjozi) November 20, 2019
That was my worry when I declined to perform. Just from the headline act they chose, it was clear that they wanted a controversial figure more than someone, eg Wizkid, who was engaged in the issue in a constructive way.
— #SenaAla (@ShoMadjozi) November 20, 2019
And if they wanted to "engaged in the issue in a constructive way" they should've booked someone such as WizKid.
That was my worry when I declined to perform. Just from the headline act they chose, it was clear that they wanted a controversial figure more than someone, eg Wizkid, who was engaged in the issue in a constructive way.
— #JohnCena (@ShoMadjozi) November 20, 2019
The "Huku" rapper goes on to say that the concert caused more division than unity as the dates came closer.
As we got closer to the day, the concert was generating even more hostility than unity and the organizers were doing nothing about it.
— #JohnCena (@ShoMadjozi) November 20, 2019
Furthermore, she said that when xenophobia is a problem in SA, spreading misinformation about xenophobic murder also doesn't help.
Let me just say that Xenophobic attitudes are too widespread in SA and it is a problem. However it is also a problem to say people were murdered when they were not. Truth does matter.
— #JohnCena (@ShoMadjozi) November 20, 2019
And asking people to accept this misinformation because of the lawlessness that did happen is not going to work. No one will agree to plead guilty to murder because they did something else wrong. No one will say they killed someone again today because they did so years ago.
— #SenaAla (@ShoMadjozi) November 20, 2019
She also mentioned Burna Boy's threat he made against AKA, calling it "ironic" since it was in the name of "ending violence".
It is also a problem and super ironic to threaten to physically attack someone (AKA) in the name of *ending* violence.
— #JohnCena (@ShoMadjozi) November 20, 2019
The "Idhom" rapper ended her thread by stating that African artists already do a lot to unify the continent and doesn't need it to happen under the "umbrella of a corporate money-making trick".
But we will overcome this stupidity. African artists do so much to unite the content all the time without the umbrella of a corporate money-making trick.
— #JohnCena (@ShoMadjozi) November 20, 2019
