Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on May 3, 2026, 2:54 PM

When apartheid ended, many African musicians lost the central theme that had defined their art. The songs of resistance -“free my people,” “liberate my people” - had driven a generation. With freedom came a silence of sorts; the struggle that shaped the music had been resolved. But another struggle seems to have emerged in South Africa: attacking fellow Africans purely based on their passports even when there is really no material justification for doing that!

The African Union and the Government of South Africa need to work urgently toward a solution that reinforces unity, dignity, and mutual respect across African nations. The South African youth certainly have concerns and those deserve real solutions. But the youth employment in Africa is not due to immigration alone; the challenge remains that Africa is urbanizing at a faster rate than it is industrializing, creating an economic imbalance that will rattle communities.

Our leaders must lead and stop this paralysis. The default state of the continent should be collaboration, mobility, and shared prosperity, not division, and I am hoping that leaders in Africa ,and especially South Africa must grow up and address these attacks because it is simply un-African. These attacks must STOP!