Homosexuality is not a foreign act; it’s been part of Africa’s culture - Jidenna

Making a scholarly claim, whilst speaking on a radio show in New York City, Jidenna mentioned some countries in Africa where homosexuality has been part of its culture and also pointed out the paradox of how people speak English to condemn the act claiming that it's not African.

“The whole idea that Black people, and our tradition to be Black… You hear these African leaders who are dressed in three-piece suits, got an iPhone, speaking in English and not their native tongue are saying, ‘it’s unafrican to be homosexual, it’s unafrican… we don’t have it. That was brought as a European import.’ It’s not true. It’s not true at all,” the Stanford graduate said.

Speaking on Sway's Universe, he added that “You got Uganda, the kingdom of Buganda at the time… Before Uganda, there was an openly gay king. If you go to Zimbabwe… the bushmen as they call them, you’ll see homosexual acts in the Cape paintings. If you go to different communities in Africa, there was different rights of passage where if a woman was with a woman, or a man was with a man, they were thought to be more powerful.

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“There was never a time where this didn’t exist. Or where it was just hands down that homosexuals were wrong. That’s not actual an African thing, which means it’s not a Black thing” the "classic man" singer added.