Tiwa Savage has decided to cancel her performance at an event in South Africa following the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians. Tiwa Savage has announced that she won’t be taking part in a music festival that DSTV organised.
The event was to take place in South Africa this month. But amid xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in the country, Tiwa Savage has decided to pull out. The music star made this known via her Twitter page on Wednesday, 4th September 2019.
I refuse to watch the barbaric butchering of my people in SA. This is SICK. For this reason I will NOT be performing at the upcoming DSTV delicious Festival in Johannesburg on the 21st of September. My prayers are with all the victims and families affected by this.
— Tiwa Savage (@TiwaSavage) September 4, 2019
Tiwa Savage expressed her displeasure over the gruesome attacks on Nigerians. She then revealed that she won’t be performing at the DSTV Delicious Festival in Johannesburg.
She, of course, received backlash from South Africans questioning her relevance; to which she responded:
But yet I was booked to perform at the festival. This is a serious issue were NO ONE wins when blood is shed whether old videos or not. Issue needs to be resolved. We Africans (including South Africans) need each other https://t.co/PMzAmorvky
— Tiwa Savage (@TiwaSavage) September 4, 2019
Besides Tiwa Savage, other artists like Burna Boy have expressed their unwillingness to set foot in South Africa.
I have not set foot in SA since 2017. And I will NOT EVER go to South Africa again for any reason until the SOUTH AFRICAN government wakes the f**k up and really performs A miracle because I don’t know how they can even possibly fix this.
— Burna Boy (@burnaboy) September 3, 2019
