Rights groups on Wednesday called on US hip-hop star Nicki Minaj to cancel an upcoming concert in Angola, saying her performance would endorse the authoritarian rule of long-time PresidentJose Eduardo dos Santos. Minaj is due on stage on Saturday in the Angolan capital Luanda for a Christmas concert hosted by the Unitel communications firm, which is part owned by dos Santos‘s family.
Fellow US singer Mariah Carey was criticised in 2013 for performing in front of President dos Santos, who has governed the southern African nation for 36 years. “Nicki Minaj is following in the footsteps of Mariah Carey, callously taking money from a dictator… who has effectively and ruthlessly choked free expression,” said Jeffery Smith, of the Robert F. KennedyHuman Rights centre.
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