Amélie Oudéa-Castéra denounces “racist attacks” against singer Aya Nakamura

On franceinfo, the Minister of Sports believes that these attacks “must be condemned with the greatest firmness”.

“Aya Nakamura was the victim of racist attacks which are completely unacceptable and which must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.“, says Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Minister of Sports and the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Thursday March 14 on franceinfo.

The most listened to French-speaking singer in the world has been the target of the far right since the weekly the Express assured that she discussed with Emmanuel Macron her possible participation in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. She did not confirm this rumor, nor did the Élysée.

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra thus joins the line of the Minister of Culture. Rachida Dati had warned a few days earlier against “pretexts to attack someone out of pure racism”, during a Senate hearing. “Attacking an artist for who she is is unacceptable, it is a crime“, continued the government member.

At the beginning of March, boos arose at the mention of the artist, during a first major campaign meeting for the European elections of Reconquête!, Eric Zemmour’s far-right party. Marion Maréchal, head of the party’s list for the European elections, declared on BFMTV: “We like it or we don’t like it, she doesn’t sing in French“In addition, a small ultra-right group, Les Natifs, posted on its networks on Saturday a photo of a banner hung by around ten of its members on the banks of the Seine.”There’s no way Aya, this is Paris, not the Bamako market!“, we can read there, a racist slogan which refers to his hit Djadja.

For her part, the star thanked her community on the X network.for support” received.