“My hope is that this beautiful genre called Amapiano grows around the world, but that the world knows and appreciates that it is a South African sound.'
Instagram/ Nandi Madida
Actress and singer Nandi Madida wants South Africa’s biggest genre, Amapiano, to be loved and appreciated for what it is around the world. Taking to her Twitter timeline recently she said as the genre gained popularity across the world, it should not be appropriated but be appreciated. “My hope is that this beautiful genre called Amapiano grows around the world but that the world knows & appreciates that it is a South African sound
and that South African artists/Djs/producers and so on are empowered on a global scale & not appropriated,” she wrote. My hope is that this beautiful genre called Amapiano grows around the world as it is,but that the world knows & appreciates the fact that it is a South African sound 🇿🇦.And that South African artists/Dj’s/producers etc. are empowered on a global scale & not appropriated.
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