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French Star Aya Nakamura’s Rumoured Olympics Show Prompts Far-Right Outrage

File photo dated February 19, 2024 shows French pop singer Aya Danioko, known by her stage name Aya Nakamura arrives at the Elysee presidential palace fin paris, France. One of France’s biggest music stars, Aya Nakamura, has hit back at far-right groups angry at a suggestion she may sing in front of 300,000 people during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, telling them: “You can be racist but not deaf.” According to reports in local media, the French-Malian singer had discussed the possibility of performing a song by 20th-century icon Édith Piaf when she met the French president, Emmanuel Macron, last month. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Star Aya Nakamura’s Rumoured Olympics Show Prompts Far-Right Outrage

File photo dated February 19, 2024 shows French pop singer Aya Danioko, known by her stage name Aya Nakamura arrives at the Elysee presidential palace fin paris, France. One of France’s biggest music stars, Aya Nakamura, has hit back at far-right groups angry at a suggestion she may sing in front of 300,000 people during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, telling them: “You can be racist but not deaf.” According to reports in local media, the French-Malian singer had discussed the possibility of performing a song by 20th-century icon Édith Piaf when she met the French president, Emmanuel Macron, last month. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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