Comedian, Basketmouth, has announced he would not be attending the Comics Choice Awards holding this weekend in South Africa in protest against xenophobic attacks on Nigerians.
The comedian joins pop musician, Tiwa Savage, who had earlier cancelled an upcoming performance at DSTV Delicious Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa scheduled for September 21.
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They add to the growing number of celebrities who have added their voices in condemnation of the attacks.
“I am not sure how and when we got here. I won’t be attending the Comics Choice Awards this weekend in S.A as scheduled,” Basketmouth wrote on Instagram on Wednesday.
“It might sound like a whisper but together our voices and the right actions will hopefully make a true difference. And real change can begin.”
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The latest wave of unrest in South Africa has raised fears of a recurrence of violence in 2015 aimed at foreigners and in which at least seven people were killed. Before that, some 60 people were killed in a wave of unrest around the country in 2008.
Since reports of the attacks in South Africa broke, Nigerians have stormed the premises of several businesses of South African origin such as Shoprite and MTN in Ibadan, Lagos, Abuja among others.
