French President Emmanuel Macron expresses shock at the 'racist' backlash to the possibility of Franco-Malian pop star Aya Nakamura singing at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
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Umno's Lokman Adam agrees to issue public apology, pay undisclosed sum to Khairy in settlement over Covid-19 defamation suit Macron said he very much hoped Nakamura, the most listened to French female singer in the world, would be chosen as part of the July 26 ceremony beside the river Seine. She sings in French, with frequent uses of slang, her music influenced by West Indies zouk music, mixing in American R’n’B and Afrobeats. Her best-known song,Far-right politicians have said she does not represent France and should not be at the ceremony. Rassemblement National figurehead Marine Le Pen last month accused Macron of seeking to “humiliate the French people”.Nakamura’s supporters say there is no better way of showcasing the vibrancy and diversity of modern Francophone culture.
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