An investigation was launched by the French authorities after the complaint made by the organization Licra (International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism), referring to publications of a racist nature against the artist of French and Malian origin Aya Nakamura, who may sing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, it became known today from the public prosecutor’s office, which responded to a question from Agence France-Presse.
The 28-year-old singer has been stigmatized by the far-right and has received many racist attacks since the announcement, in late February, by the newspaper L’Express, of her possible participation in the ceremony on July 26, during which she could perform her songs Edith Piaf.
This possible participation has not been made official to date by either the singer or the organizers of the Games or the Elysee.
The investigation, which began after the receipt on March 13 of Licra’s report “which denounced publications of a racist nature against Aya Nakamura”, was undertaken by the National Group in the Fight against Online Hate (Pole national de lutte contre la haine en ligne – PNLH ), the prosecution clarified.
Today the organization SOS Racisme announced, in a press release, that it has taken legal action in its turn, denouncing “waves of racist hatred against Aya Nakamura”, citing as an example the reposting last weekend on social media of a banner of the group Les Natifs, which read: “No way, Agia. This is Paris, not the Bamako market.”
“The purpose of this message was to confirm that Aya Nakamura, despite the fact that she is a French artist, has no legitimacy to represent France, referring to the artist’s origin in Mali which is apparently considered to be blocked from view of the extreme right”, complained SOS Racisme.
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The artist reacted to this message with a post on social media: “You may be racist but not deaf… This hurts! I’m the number one topic of public debate, but what exactly do I owe you? Nothing”.
In the face of repeated attacks on the world’s most listened-to French-speaking singer after her song “Djadja”, Culture Minister Rashida Dati warned on Tuesday against “pretexts to attack someone out of pure racism”. “To attack an artist for what she is is unacceptable, it constitutes a criminal act,” he stressed.
Aya Nakamura, one of the most important representatives of RnB in France, released last year her fourth consecutive album “DNK”.
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