South African music sensation Tyla, a Grammy award winning singer/performer, is scheduled to perform in Lagos on the 22nd of December 2026 as part of her A*POP World Tour, amidst a heated debate in Nigeria base on the ongoing the
Xenophobic attract in South Africa on other Africans. Demanding other Africans to leave. While their businesses is forcefully taken and, some either lose their lives or badly injured.
A section of Nigerians are calling for a boycott, positing that hosting the concert would send the wrong signal. Conversely, others contend that artists should not be faulted for the prevailing political climate or individual actions.
Let me reiterate again, I will never participate in, encourage, or justify the victimization of any fellow African (or any human being) for crimes they did not commit, create, or enable.
Africans must steadfastly hold their leaders accountable for their ineptitude, corruption, and incompetence, instead of turning against one another.
Tyla must be allowed to ply her trade freely, just as every African artist, worker, and citizen should be able to do across the continent and beyond.
The real problem is not ordinary African, it is the failed leadership that has fostered corruption, economic hardship, and the conditions for division. Africans deserve better than leaders who create conditions that pit us against one another.
Do2dtun, a notable Nigerian media personality, has described the concert’s timing as inopportune, while Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and AAC presidential candidate, argues that citizens’ frustration should be directed at leaders rather than entertainers.
After days of silence with, the South African Grammy winning singer, Tyla decided to respond to the threat and warnings from many Nigerians by taking out NIGERIA from the list of locations leaving her country, South Africa as the only African country to she will be performing during her 2026 Music Tour.
