{"id":98409,"date":"2025-03-28T18:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/maitre-gims-controversial-april-7-concert-postponed"},"modified":"2025-04-25T19:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T19:28:33","slug":"maitre-gims-controversial-april-7-concert-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/maitre-gims-controversial-april-7-concert-postponed","title":{"rendered":"Maitre Gims\u2019 controversial April 7 concert postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>French-Congolese musician Maitre Gims\u2019 concert, which was originally scheduled for April 7 at Accor Arena in Paris, has been postponed, organisers announced on Thursday, March 27.<\/p>\n

The decision comes after the Paris police prefect Nunez Laurent requested the organisers to reschedule the concert to another date, considering that the initial date\u2014April 7\u2014coincides with the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

Dubbed \u2018Solidarite\u0301 Congo,\u2019 which is organised with sponsorship from Skyrock FM, was due to be headlined by Gims who has been accused of spreading anti-Rwanda tropes and hate speech against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

In his Netflix documentary, the musician, who has roots in DR Congo, made a chilling remark: \u201cCe n\u2019est pas avec un jus d\u2019orange qu\u2019on arre\u0302te la haine d\u2019un Tutsi (It\u2019s not with orange juice that you stop hatred for a Tutsi),\u201d followed by a gunshot gesture\u2014 a statement that many interpreted as a disturbing reference to the genocide.<\/p>\n

His concert would take place in a context of renewed hate speech and persecution of Congolese Tutsi, at the hands of groups like the genocidal FDLR, a DR Congo-based terrorist militia by remnants of the masterminds of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.<\/p>\n

After learning about the concert, the Rwandan Community in France (CRF) addressed a letter to the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo expressing their “dismay” upon learning about the concert.<\/p>\n

Although the event’s stated goal is to support child victims of the ongoing conflict in eastern Congo, CRF argues that this is not the true intention.<\/p>\n

The concert has drawn criticism from many people with critics saying that for the concert to be staged on the day the world joins Rwanda to commemorate the Genocide against the Tutsi is an insult to survivors.<\/p>\n

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