Pop musician, Tiwa Savage, has cancelled an upcoming performance at DSTV Delicious Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa scheduled for September 21.
She joins the growing number of celebrities who have added their voices in condemnation of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.
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The latest attacks began last week after a taxi driver was murdered by an alleged drug dealer in Pretoria.
Speculations that the alleged killer was a Nigerian sparked protest, looting and burning of business centres owned by foreigners.
Three persons were reported to have been killed in a fire started by a mob on an abandoned building in the Jeppestown area of Johannesburg.
Tiwa, 39, in a tweet on Wednesday, described the attacks as ‘sick’, saying that her prayers were with the victims and their families.
“I refuse to watch the barbaric butchering of my people in SA. This is SICK. For this reason I will NOT be performing at the upcoming DSTV delicious Festival in Johannesburg on the 21st of September. My prayers are with all the victims and families affected by this,” the mother of one said.
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Several businesses of South African origin such as Shoprite and MTN were attacked and looted on Tuesday in Ibadan, Lagos, and a few other locations.
