Akon believes that Africa could be the strongest nation in the world if African-Americans moved back there, and he’s on a mission to make it happen.
The “Locked Up” singer made his plans clear during an interview with REVOLT‘s Deposit$ podcast that recently went viral.
In the clip, Akon explained that the continent has all the resources – they just need the people.
“My goal is to get everybody to move back to Africa. That’s my goal,” he said. “I wanna get as many African-Americans back home to Africa as I possibly can, because I know the day they move back, everything they fighting for in America – they will not have to fight for over there.
“All the struggle that they struggled [in America] … they gon’ come there with this mindset, with this mentality, with the finances that they built, the equity in life and bring it back and invest that in Africa?”
He continued: “Man, Africa could be the strongest nation in the world if y’all went back home. Because we got everything that it takes to be that. We got the resources, we got the land, we got the population. And together we got the strength and we got the know-how. Like why we ain’t doing that?”
As 2022 came to a close, the singer came under fire after he claimed that African performers were better than their American counterparts.
The claim was made during an appearance on The ZeZe Millz Show, where he spoke on a range of topics, and said that African performers were just “a little different.”
“We a little different when it comes to stage presence,” Akon said. “Now in America? Oh yeah, them n-ggas gonna be wobbling, pants hanging half down, bored as hell, half asleep ’cause they high as hell. But in Africa, I mean look at these YouTube clips of all these kids from Uganda, these kids are performers.”
“So for us, it comes naturally to watch the kids from Africa. It’s in their blood. Performing is like second nature for us,” he continued, before crowning Black Sherif and Fireboy DML as “the new generation of African talent.”
Twitter flooded with reactions to Akon’s controversial take, with personality Van Lathan among those who called the singer’s comments disrespectful.
“It always comes back to shitting on Black Americans, especially after they’ve made millions imitating Black Americans,” he wrote.
Ebro Darden added: “This is framed in a way to trigger me, lemme chill. @Akon, you’re my guy and you can’t mean African-Americans in general? Ain’t no way!”
Other reactions included Black skincare influencer Lateef Saka, who wrote: “Akon cosplayed as a black American for the majority of his career so him saying this is wild. Let the Black Americans cook him (without xenophobia pls).”
I’m sure the whoooooite supremicises agree!
I work with an African guy at my job, he told me flat out, if African Americans yell at the police over there like they do over here, you’ll get a beating unlike one you’ve ever seen before…. America ain’t perfect but this is home for me, but to each there own
For real. We are Americans at thus point. We have an American culture. We can complain about the corruption and ills of society here, but we are still lucky to be here, it’s better than most places. We are blessed as a whole.
Niccas gon move over there thinking they kings and second coming of Christ. Bih will be asking where the 5G at. FOH
Africa isn’t a nation SMH
FYI: Africa is not a nation. Africa is a huge continent with hundreds of tribes and nations including Arabs, Berbers, Asians and whites. Saying Masai and Hausa are the same culture is like saying Sweden and Italy are the same.
Can Akon STFU!! I am African, living in Africa and thx to our hypocrisy, greed and corruption ain’t nothing would change if African Americans moved to Africa. Except for an increase in drive by shootings and more guns.
You people at barbaric and eat dogs, and ebola bats. You practice tribal war and female genital mutilation. You have no basis to criticize black Americans as the most violent places on the world are in the hell hole that is Africa.
You cant be serious by this statement lol if you think we wring bring violence to a continent that already has violence youre delusional some of the most dangerous countries in the world are located in africa, You have the damn nerve to say black americans wll bring violence to a continent with so much violence and crimes againts humanity lmfao, nah you good with me on that i aint leaving america for africa.
Sounds they want free labor
yes go back to your own country
30k year head start andWhites in the US had to show yall how to lively properly in houses, dressing and ive like actual humans in the modern era..now spread ur wings and fly children.. While ur Other there teach the natives how to dress ans build a home not from mud
You’d better read about history. The pyramids, canals, roads, bridges, medicine. Architecture, we’re all conceived by people of color. You’ve been deceived and taught what they want you to believe.
Look at Jamaica and Haiti. Ghettos and projects were brand new before we moved in and turned it bad. We have to learn how to govern ourselves first
Ok white boy. The Caribbeans were economically deprived by white nations. Learn some history.
Fax, we wuz kangz n sheeeet. On a serious note, why haven’t they built up since then? Can’t tell me they were more devastated than nations like Poland or Italy were in ww2, yet looks at them. They built up magnificent structures.
Because naggers are dumb as fuck. Google “IQ by country” and look at african countries how they rank up. Especially below the equator ones. If whitey arrived like four hundred years ago to Africa and started “oppressing black people and holding them back*.. who was holding them back before whitey arrived? They hadn’t even invented the fucking WHEEL by the time white man arrived. Wakanda is an imaginary place created by white man called Stan Lee. It’s fiction. Black people are incapable of doing anything productive, besides breeding like dogs.
Why is that? Are the native Africans not intelligent or strong enough to do it without Americans help? FYI, if you think America is corrupt, and there is ample police brutality, take a look at what police get away with in most nations in Africa. They can rob you and beat the hell put of you if you look at them funny, and there will be no protests, suspensions, arrests, or firings. It’s extremely corrupt there. There is a reason more Africans move to USA than Americans moving to parts of Africa.
Akon is based af for this one. Time for naggers to go back to Africa.
Well go back to africa, if you yankees go back to europe
Jews should relocate back to ukraine. They have no blood ties to that piece of stolen land in the middle-eastd whatsoever. I’m talking about the ashkenazi jews aka the khazars.
Akon is full of shit.
It so sad how we still can’t come together bc of stereo types, and colonialism. I know we will come together only through Yah. He will make it happened, humans can’t do it. It will happened, it’s biblical.
Akon, the old adage I have for you, Go back to Africa. We don’t need you.
He should start by cutting deals with states under a “freedom’s door” policy. In exchange for expatriation, people that are incarcerated in America today can trade their citizenship here for freedom and a new citizenship there. A similar offer ought to be made to the families of the incarcerated and welfare recipients.
Why are africans constantly addressing black Americans? We dont know shit about them, neither do they know us!! Always a white supremacist agenda talking about going to africa!! We dont come from there!! How bout whites and africans go back where ya came from, America dont belong to either of you!!! Lets start the Year of the return for whites to go back to Europe!! You’re illegally occupying land, i dont care how long you been here!!!
As a white man I strongly support this
I support this big time…PLEASE GO BACK TO AFRICA.