Paris Olympics: The Paris Olympics organizing committee said it was shocked;

The Paris Olympics organizing committee said it was shocked by “racist” comments made by far-right French organization against Malian-French singer Aya Nakamura.

The remarks were provoked by the 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.

The far-right organization, Les Natifs protested with a banner saying in paris: “There’s no way Aya, this is Paris, not the Bamako market”, referring to where Nakamura was born, which is the capital of the Republic of Mali.

Her family migrated to France when she was a child and in 2021 they got their French citizenship.

She was also booed by supporters of the far-right organization the Reconquest party during their rally held last 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 organizing committee made statement last Monday.

Most fans and French leaders, including French MP Antoine Leaument and Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera, are all in  support of Nakamura.

although the far-right organization Les Natifs has maintained , saying that Nakamura does not represent French culture and her performance would mean the “Africanization” of French culture.

Nevertheless Nakamura is among the biggest artists in France, and some organizations names her as the most influential French-artist in the globe.