Afro Beats Nigerian singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as “Burna Boy”, had netizens’ tongues wagging for his reaction on Sunday to the newly crowned Miss South Africa 2024. Burna Boy’s reaction follows the withdrawal of Chidimma Adetshina from the Miss SA pageant just two days before the prestigious event took place at SunBet Arena at Time Square Casino, in Tshwane, on Saturday. The Nigerian artiste posted a picture of Mia le Roux on his X page with the caption: “So after ALL that.
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Others thought this implied that after South Africans were up in arms fighting for the removal of a “Nigerian” who didn’t represent them, it was ironic for a white woman to win. South Africans on the internet have defended this saying Le Roux is a South African who did not “commit identity theft”. ‘Burna Boy hasn’t forgiven SA for not buying his tickets’ Burna Boy ‘s reaction exhumed a prolonged beef between the singer and the late South African rapper Kiernan “AKA” Forbes.
AKA and Burna Boy’s beef was fueled by the ongoing banter between Nigerians and South Africans. This banter has often led to xenophobic disparities between the two nations, with Nigerians accusing South Africans of alleged xenophobic attacks on foreign African nationals. South Africans have responded to Burna Boy’s tweet with nothing short of salty comments.
One X user accused the singer of being bitter following the cancellation of his show in .