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Nigerian a"},"modified":"2019-09-03T14:43:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T14:43:32","slug":"this-is-not-the-south-africa-mandela-fought-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/03\/this-is-not-the-south-africa-mandela-fought-for\/","title":{"rendered":"‘This Is Not The South Africa Mandela Fought For’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nigerian actress Adesua Etomi has reacted to the recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The actress, who is married to singer Banky W, took to her IG page to share her thoughts on this, saying this is not the South Africa Mandela fought for.<\/p>\n

In her words;<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t been able to bring myself to watch the videos from the recent attacks against Nigerians and other foreign nationals by some South Africans.
My heart can\u2019t take it.
My mind can\u2019t fathom how you kill another human being based on their nationality.
My mind can\u2019t fathom how the people that spent years oppressed have become the oppressors.
Businesses burnt down, lives lost.
The people that have died as a result of Xenophobia, whether past or present, were not only sons, daughters, friends, mothers, fathers etc\u2026.they were human beings like you and I and their only crime was their nationality.
This isn\u2019t the South Africa that Mandela fought for.
Let\u2019s use our voices and let\u2019s speak against this. We are all members of the same body.
We must do better.
It is my hope that people of influence in South Africa rise up and speak against all that is happening.
Evil only prevails when good men do nothing.
May the souls of the departed, rest in peace and may the lord replenish all that has been lost.
We must\u2026now more than ever\u2026lead with Love.
Ps. It is the responsibility of EVERY SINGLE AFRICAN to speak out about Xenophobia. Not just a select few. There is power in numbers.
#notoxenophonia<\/p>\n

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