Award-winning Afrobeat singer Burna Boy has mocked South Africans following the crowning of a Caucasian woman as Miss SA after Nigerian model Chidimma Adetshina withdrew from the pageantry.
Kemi Filani reported that Miss Adetshina, a 23-year-old Law student, won the Miss South African beauty pageant. However, her win was controversial as South Africans questioned her citizenship and took to social media to call for her removal. Adetshina is born to a South African mother and a Nigerian father.
An investigation into Chidimma’s roots by South African Home Affairs discovered that the identity of an innocent South African mother may have been stolen by Adetshina’s mother. This prompted her to withdraw from the competition.
Following her withdrawal, a Caucasian woman, Mia Le Roux, won the pageantry and was crowned at a ceremony held at the Sun Bet Arena at Times Square in Menlyn, Pretoria. The beauty queen becomes the first Miss SA winner who is dead and has a cochlear implant. She will be the first contestant at the Miss Universe 2024 in Mexico with a disability to participate in the competition. The new Miss South Africa walked home with the Mowana crown, a lavish, fully furnished apartment, a Mercedes Benz, R1 million and more prizes.
Reacting to it, Burna Boy, via the micro-blogging platform Twitter, now known as X, mocked them as he noted how a South African didn’t still win the pageant.
“So after all that”, with several laughing emojis.
Last month, Burna Boy issued a public service announcement to Nigerians, making it known that he doesn’t use songwriters as any name people see credited on his songs are only producers of the songs or featured artists, not writers. He noted how the Western world considers producers as writers of the instrumentals, and they throw their names on there as writers. Calling himself an Odogwu, Burna made it known that nobody writes for him.
In other news, two months back, Burna Boy caused a stir online as he revealed the names of artists who paved the way for him in the industry. He disclosed that 2baba, Timaya, Dbanj, Larry Gaga and Wande Coal were the only veterans he respected in the music industry. He stressed that they were the only legends tremendously impacting his life and career.
