(Paris) The French-Malian star Aya Nakamura, the most listened to French-speaking singer in the world, called on her social networks on Tuesday for “everyone to go and vote, and against the only extreme to condemn.”
“I am well placed to understand and know the place of racism in our country. They are the same people who get angry when we shine, because we haven’t finished shining.”
The singer was the victim of attacks from the far right in mid-March, when the French weekly The Express had suggested that the interested party sing at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games (July 26-August 11), with the possibility of reprising Edith Piaf.
A small far-right group then posted on social media a photo of a banner held up by a dozen of its members on the banks of the Seine proclaiming: “There’s no way Aya, this is Paris, not the Bamako market!”
The expression “There’s no way” is taken from its global success Djadja. “I am becoming a number 1 state subject” and that is “what hurts you”, the star had then reacted on her networks, before concluding: “What do I really owe you? Kedal”. Her participation in this ceremony has still not been confirmed.
For several days, he has been criticized on social networks for not giving his position after the historic scores of the far-right National Rally (RN) party in the European elections and the first round of the legislative elections.
“And yes, I am discreet on these subjects, sometimes we don’t feel relevant and legitimate enough to speak and say the right things on areas that we know ap” (not), she justified herself on Tuesday.
“That doesn’t mean we don’t have an opinion,” the singer explains. “Now I understand that my position as an artist requires me to speak out, because it’s an important moment for all of us.”
And to conclude: “So on Sunday we will all go and vote, and against the only extreme to condemn, because there is only one.”
Earlier in the week, on her networks, Aya Nakamura had contented herself with a lapidary “Fuck the RN etc.”.