So here's a trending letter from Rafeal Marques de Morais to Nicki Minaj. The Singer will be performing in Angola. The journalist and human rights defender is calling on the singer to cancel her upcoming gig in Angola. See his letter to Nicki below
Dear Nicki,
I welcome you to Angola. I am a journalist and
human rights defender who has been at the forefront of exposing the dictatorial
ills of the regime, whose first daughter and princess of state-looting,
Isabel dos Santos, is your host.
Moments ago I received a message on my cell phone,
from an UNITEL operator offering me a ticket to your concert tomorrow
with the purchase of a 900 kwanzas (US $4.50) phone credit. That is for your
concert "for the people" in the Coqueiros Stadium, with a capacity of
20,000 people. UNITEL is the company jointly owned by Isabel dos Santos
and the Angolan state, which is paying your fees.
In spite of all the advertising campaigns
undertaken by UNITEL to promote your concert "for the people”, sales have
been in a slump. At 900 kwanzas per ticket, the concert is basically free, yet
people are still not coming forth. The UNITEL message, 24 hours before the
concert, giving away the tickets, is a sign of passive resistance by the youth
who may actually like your music. They should have been entranced by your fame
and the alleged generosity of our own Marie Antoinette, Isabel dos Santos, and
flocked to the gates of the Coqueiros Stadium.