Doja Cat mentions Durban as she talks about Africa's hunger crisis, receives mixed reaction
The superstar rapper received a mixed reaction as she spoke about the issue.
By now you might have seen that the annual Global Citizen Festival took place over the weekend.
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Global Citizen has been working on combating various worldwide issues such as climate change, poverty, and much more by mobilising citizens across the world into action.
In their own words:
Global Citizen is a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030. Through our mix of content and events, grassroots organizing, and our action platform, we are building a movement to end poverty. We organize massive global campaigns to amplify the actions of Global Citizens from around the world.
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Every year, Global Citizen hosts a series of concerts across the globe in their 24-hour festival and this year some of the locations included Paris and New York. Previously, South Africa has even hosted Global Citizen fest with performances by the likes of Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
This clearly shows you that this is not your average festival!
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For the 2021 concerts, the line-up included Doja Cat, who took the stage in Paris and blew everyone away with her incredible performance.
However, it was some of her comments after the concert that left some of her fans divided, especially her South African fans.
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In case you didn't know, Doja Cat is actually half South African, her real name is Amala Zandile Dlamini and she is the daughter of iconic South African actor Dumisani Dlamini.
So after her performance, she decided to take to Twitter to speak about poverty and more importantly the hunger crisis, an issue that is really close to her heart and that she feels very passionate about.
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She even specifically mentioned being from Durban:
Some of my fans may not know this…I’m half South African, specifically from Durban, South Africa, and the continent of Africa is experiencing a devastating hunger crisis. It’s heartbreaking to know that the COVID-19 pandemic has left 41 million people on the brink of starvation.
— lol (@DojaCat) September 25, 2021
But Tweeps were quick to point out that although it is good that she's using her platform to spread awareness, they did question if there isn't a little bit more she could be doing...
Well...that's sad to hear, but what are you doing about it?
— Tyrrell 🇯🇲 (@CardiKordeiii) September 25, 2021
Can you share some reputable charities for people who want to donate for this cause?
— Dan Bull (@itsDanBull) September 25, 2021
can u add some donation links or something else to help?
— ./づᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ່࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘~~~~♡ (@xkxttx_) September 25, 2021
she's spreading awareness and probably helping them out. wbu, what are YOU doing?
— mav (@aimformav) September 25, 2021
Please, do not mention South Africa 🇿🇦 for likes and stuff. We okay. pic.twitter.com/qWrzOXhgLq
— MOSS™🇿🇦🏳️🌈 (@_officialMoss) September 26, 2021
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Some were ready to defend:
It's annoying how some of y'alls comments are totally irrelevant to what Doja is talking about. I live in South Africa 🇿🇦, thank you Doja for bringing light to this serious problem.
— Cenayé___ (@Cenay57346646) September 25, 2021
Others just had one thing on their mind... music:
soo does that mean you're going to collab with an Amapiano artist??☻to help the country😁obviously ..ok am on my knees @DojaCat ..look into the genre i know you can give us something creative with it.
— DOJA CAT GLOBAL🌍 (@DojaCatGlobal) September 25, 2021
While we love Doja, and love to see her claim and rep her proud Durbanite-ness, maybe they have a point?
Our suggestion would be a world tour with a Durban stop, of course, to gather some first-hand experience of the issues.
And maybe she'll even spend a day or two volunteering!
That being said, you never know what someone is doing behind the scenes and until we do, who are we to judge?
You can get a little teaser of what a Global Citizen fest is like by watching the opening ceremony here:
Main image courtesy of Doja Cat Official Twitter