“There’s no way Aya, this is Paris, not the Bamako market!” This is the banner that was found on the banks of the Seine, where Aya Nakamura could perform, on July 26, 2024, during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics, in Paris. A few days after the revelation of a rumor reporting that Emmanuel Macron would have proposed to the singer of Malian origin to cover Edith Piaf, some are ulcerated.
An open investigation
Like Marion Marechal Le Pen, who estimated at the microphone of Apolline de Malherbe that Aya Nakamura did not sing in French, there are many on the far right who believe that the most listened to French-speaking star in the world has no place at the opening of the Olympic Games. If many of them openly said that they would prefer to listen to Jean-Jacques Goldman, Michel Sardou, Patrick Bruel, or even Florent Pagny, for this same event, many malicious tweets targeted Aya Nakamura.
Uninhibited racism, which was the subject of a report from the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA) to the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, this March 13, 2024. These publications of a racist nature will be studied by the National Center of the fight against online hatred of the Paris prosecutor’s office. This was announced on March 15, 2024 by the Paris prosecutor’s office.
“But what do I really owe you? Kedal”
For her part, Aya Nakamura has already defended herself on X, declaring: “You can be racist but not deaf… And that’s what hurts you! Because I’m becoming state subject number 1. But what do I really owe you? Kedal”, before adding: “Thank you for the support, especially to my comm. I feel like I introduced you to Edith Piaf and that she was reincarnated in me. The rest, whether they like us or not, is their back” .
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