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| The organising committee of the Paris Olympics said it was shocked by "racist" attacks made by far-right French groups against Malian-French singer Aya Nakamura. | |
| The attacks were triggered by reports that Nakamura, 28, would perform a song by the legendary 20th century French singer Édith Piaf at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics in July. | |
| On Sunday, the far-right group Les Natifs protested in Paris with a banner saying: "There's no way Aya, this is Paris, not the Bamako market", referring to the capital of Mali, where Nakamura was born. | |
| She migrated to France with her family as a child and received French citizenship in 2021. | |
| The music star was also booed by supporters of the far-right Reconquest party during a rally held on Sunday. | |
| “We have been very shocked by the racist attacks against Aya Nakamura in recent days. [We offer our] total support to the most listened-to French artist in the world,” the Paris Olympics organising committee said on Monday. | |
| Several fans and French leaders, including French MP Antoine Leaument and Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera, have supported Nakamura. | |
| Les Natifs has continued to double down, saying Nakamura does not represent French culture and her performance would signal the "Africanization" of French culture. | |
| Nakamura is one of the biggest musicians in France, and some reports name her as the most listened-to French-singing musician in the world. | |
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