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Jaye Lo: You owe no apology to Muslims, Soyinka defends Davido

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka on Tuesday defended singer David Adeleke, saying there was no need to apologise over a controversial video he recently shared which seemed to have disparaged the Muslim faith.

Davido had come under fire over the now-deleted video, with a number of prominent Muslim faithful frowning at the content of the clip.

The statement by Soyinka reads: “The following should not be needed, but we appear to inhabit a nation space where memory deficiency has become an accreditation badge of competence in national affairs. I recall my intervention, several years ago, in an attempt to pillory former Governor of Kaduna State, El Rufai over some comment he had made that was considered derogatory to followers of Christianity.

“I forget the reference now but I do distinctly recall another of a bank manager who, at Easter tide, referred to the risen Christ as a metaphor for the risen dough in the bakeries of Oshodi. Something along those lines. Under obvious pressure, he apologized, and I rebuked him for the gesture.

“There was nothing to apologize about, and that applied equally to El Rufai’s comments at the time. It should come as no surprise that I equally absolutely disagree with Shehu Sani if indeed, as reported, he has demanded an apology from Davido on behalf of the Moslem community.

“No apology is required, None should be offered. Let us stop battening down our heads in the mush of contrived contrition – we know where contrition, apology and restitution remain clamorous in the cause of closure and above all – justice. Such apologies have not been forthcoming. In their place, we have the ascendancy of petulant censorship in the dance and music department. Just where will it end?

“It goes beyond mere elation or euphoria and involves surrender of the ego to the mystical and sublime – through dance. The secularization of that medium stretches across religions, and offers the artistes’ a means of invoking a sense of spiritual community, through a common act of self-surrender.

“As already itted, I have not seen the clip, but I insist on the right of the artiste to deploy dance in a religious setting as a fundamental given. Such deployment is universal heritage, most especially applicable in the case of Islam where a plot of land, even without the physical structure, can be turned, in the twinkling of an eye, into a sacral space for believers to gather and worship in between mundane pursuits.

“Let us learn to read it that way. Those who persist in taking offence to bed and serving it up as breakfast should exercise their right of boycotting Davido’s products – no one quarrels with that right. However, it is not a cause for negative and incitive excitation.

“The greater responsibility is to face squarely the root issues of religion in the nation. That root issue is starkly stated thus: the sectarian appropriation of the power of life and death across a community of believers, other believers, and even non-believers alike, be it for real, imagined, or deliberately contrived offence.

“It was not Davido’s music that lynched Deborah Yakubu, and continues to frustrate the cause of justice. Nor has it contributed to the arbitrary detention of religious dissenters – call them atheists or whatever – such as Mubarak Bala, now languishing in prison for his 38th month. These are the provocations where every citizen should exercise the capacity for revulsion.

“They are the issues deserving of, indeed exercise primary claim on a nation’s capacity for righteous indignation. All else is secondary. Distractive piffle,” he stated.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/07/jaye-lo-you-owe-no-apology-to-muslims-soyinka-defends-davido/

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Make I summarise am for Una because this article no be for people wey graduate with , third class or 2.2 .

Him say make Davido no apologize.

Abeg na joke oo.

No prof. Let Davido Apologize and let the matter rest.

Even though I understand and teach English

This Baba's English doesn't always understand me

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Water done garri, to say na ordinary Nigerian citizen like Deborah everywhere for done catch fire

Jostoman:
No prof. Let Davido Apologize and let the matter rest.

What is he saying?
I don't understand

Do they still make them like Soyinka anymore? No, I strongly doubt it. Look at him, a moving train of unparalleled wisdom transiting knowledge on the rail of justice. Distinguished by all standard; sworn,proven and coveted eternally. Strands of grey hairs oozing longevity like pyrotechnics fireworks, who else crossed the mediterranean without a Moses rod just to ink his name on those high mountains in Sverige with gel pens and poetic overtones. 1986? Yes, you guessed right!! Let us all build for him a castle of gold surrounded with alexandrite, emerald, sapphire and ruby. On his crown? Let there be measures of the precious Kohinoor. He came to us from the rock city and now his watch is preseverd forever.

Let him apologize and let's move on with our lives....

Considering that we are very religious in Nigeria, if our religiosity is for goodness' sake, Nigeria would be heaven on earth. But for the fact that Nigeria is a living hell, it suggests one thing, which is that we the Nigerian people are terrible human beings, wearing religion as face masks to deceive ourselves and commit abominable atrocities. Goddamn religion!

MAKAPOLY:
Do they still make them like Soyinka anymore? No, I strongly doubt it. Look him, a moving train of unparalleled wisdom transiting knowledge on the rail of justice. A distinguished by all standard; sworn,proven and coveted eternally. Strands of grey hairs oozing longevity like pyrotechnics fireworks, who else crossed the mediterranean without a Moses rod just to ink his name on those high mountains in Sverige with gel pens and poetic overtones. 1986? Yes, you guessed right!! Let us all build for him a castle of gold surrounded with alexandrite, emerald, sapphire and ruby. On his crown? Let there be measures of the precious Kohinoor. He came to us from the rock city and now his watch is preseverd forever.

Deep calleth unto deep. The shallow minded can never understand.

Na Davido be their problem, did they demand for apology from Qdot who is Muslim but did his video that is about 3 months now on youtube that had guys and ladies who were wearing hijab, dancing and doing clubs moves on the praying mats while Qdot dressed like an Alfa.

Watch: Muslims burning Davido's prop


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D51Rpkl4jvw

The long overdue Nigeria question should be addressed cause we can’t continue to live like this

Largely, religious people are mostly hypocrites. They are the biggest hypocrites you will ever find.


You dont need to build mosques and churches in every nook and cranny of the society and even in government offices to prove you serve God.

Serve your God in in the closet of your house. You dont need to show it off. Ofcourse because religious people are hypocrites, they can only serve their God in the open so everybody will see them.

This same reason is why there are mosques and churches in government buildings. All just for show-off.

What can I say

Will the church be persuaded to conduct funeral service for Soyinka after his demise?

I’m asking this because these elites abuse and denigrate Christianity during their life times, while their families and friends will be begging/mounting pressure on the church to bury them.

Puss360:
Let him apologize and let's move on with our lives....

And will his life be stagnant,if he had chosen not to apologize? Fvck those terrorists fighting for their god who can’t fight for himself ,they can’t even get close to Darvidoh when they see him.. OBO Fvck up for deleting that video.. He no act like strong man when him claim to be.. Na why I like Burner boy.. He no dey fear any modafucker

Hmmmm

Just to remind the public that Davido apology to the Muslim will Favor Me and my Family. Amen 🙌🙏

Apologize fire!

Let them go and meet him in his house if e sure for them.

Puss360:
Let him apologize and let's move on with our lives....

He will not.. you can remain where you are.

[quote author=Urheaster post=124660283]Water done garri, to say na ordinary Nigerian citizen like Deborah everyw

A reasonable person should know apology is not needed at all.

Nobody force you to listen to music, if it doesn't align with your faith, don't listen to it. I don't know why people like looking for problems where there is none, and to say these people do worst things speaks volume.

Muslims own don dey too much, make them relax abeg.

Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha yoruba Muslims will be confused because soyinya used to enjoy their since he was rooting for tinubu presidency..but for me no one should use any religious vests or tradition for worldly entertainment...davido and others should desist from it ...people are free to believe anything and worship anything...with the everlasting consequences of believing in falsehood or reward of believing the truth

The Clout Chaser has come out, speaking because them barb him hair for Ilorin🤣
Let the Yoruba and Northern Muslims fight this one out, no be them be the new Government alliance🤓
Make I kuku face my front😃

It's okay