Posted on 09/08/2023 10:15:30 AM PDT by aquila48
R&B singer Akon may have been born in the United States, but he wants to go back to his roots — which, to him, means constructing a city in his family’s ancestral home of Senegal, which he describes as a “real-life Wakanda.”
Ordinarily, I’d just think this was some idle talk by someone not in compos mentis. After all, one of Akon’s best-known songs was a collaboration with enthusiastic marijuana endorser Snoop Dogg (“I Wanna Love You”), so maybe Akon’s been hitting the wacky tobaccky a bit too often.
However, nothing short of megadoses of LSD could possibly have produced the delusions described by the singer in his promotional push on “Akon City,” in which he promised “every single African American would be a millionaire without even thinking twice” if they relocated to Africa and that America would be paralyzed “overnight” if its estimated 41.6 million black population up and left.
According to a report in AfroTech on Friday, the proposed city in the troubled West African nation of Senegal — which Akon says can be built for the low, low investment price of $6 billion — is intended “to be a safe space for Black Americans and others facing racial injustices.”
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Don’t let the door hit ya.
Go for it!
Why would black Americans move to one of the few parts of the world that still does slavery?
Never heard of this “musician”, but he or she is clearly as dumb as a post.
Dare ya.
We’ll watch to see what happens after that.
There wont be police or nuttin needer.
they could also stop aborting their babies, have their population eventually double, and gain more leverage.
I would be happy to contribute to a “go fund me” account that in return for renouncing their citizenship and surrendering their passport, a one way first class ticket to Africa and ONE MILLION Zimbabwe dollars in cash!
Blacks don’t care about skavery, other than it happened to them and it is a cudgel they can use against white people.
“Cripple”? Surely you jest.
Me too but we need it writing.
Challenge accepted
Do it already!!!!
Cripple the US! Go for it!
All in favor of his proposal, say aye!
At a speech I attended during the Martin Luther King Day observance, the speaker said “We have had to prove ourselves at every stage that Americans were wrong to see black people only valued as sports and entertainment stars.
This fellow is setting it all back a few steps.
Not a bad idea. Go for it,Akon!
Liberia worked so well.
That said, let’s buy tickets!
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