On Friday July 8, Marvin Records artiste Tiwa Savage posted a picture in
support of the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in the USA against
the killing of two black men by US Police. Some of her fans blasted her
for not "facing her front" (ie. not writing about Boko Haram killing
civilians and security agencies' killing unarmed of Biafran protesters
her in Nigeria).
To shut down the claims, the mother of one today posted pictures of her
campaign for Chibok Girls' Bring Back Our Girls rally. She then wrote:
Let us not let the devil distract us by letting us fight amongst
ourselves and lose focus on the many tragedies happening around the
whole. Yes you as an individual might not be able to fight for every
cause but even the little you do will help. I don't need to justify my
support for #blacklivesmatter and it's sad that some people should even
question my support because I'm sure these same people were happy when
the rest of the world supported us with our #bringbackourgirls movement,
but you don't want us to show support because it is not right on our
doorstep. This is exactly what the enemy wants and he "the devil" is a
liar. We will keep supporting each other and not get distracted and just
to clarify what happens at home means so much to me as a nigerian. I
didn't just hashtag I joined several walks in protest, used my voice as
an artist and wrote "olorun mi" as a tribute to lives lost on the Dana
crash and will continue to do many more as it is my duty as a nigerian, a
citizen of this world and a child of the Most High.
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