The French authorities then launched an investigation the complaint made by the organization Licra (International Association Against Racism and Anti-Semitism), referring to publications of a racist nature against the artist of French and Mali origin Saint Nakamura, which may sing at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, it became known today from the prosecution, which responded to a question from the French Agency.

The 28-year-old singer has been stigmatized by the far right and has received many racist attacks following the announcement, at the end of February, by the newspaper L’Express, of her possible participation in the July 26 ceremony, during which she could perform songs by Edith Piaf.

This potential involvement has not been made official to date neither by the singer nor by the organizers of the Games nor by the Elysee.

The investigation, which began after the receipt on March 13 of Licra’s report “which denounced publications of a racist nature against Aya Nakamura”, was undertaken by the National Group in the Fight against Online Hate (Pôle national de lutte contre la haine en ligne – PNLH ), the prosecution clarified.

Today the organization SOS Racisme announced, in a press release, that it has in turn appealed to the courts, complaining “waves of racist hatred against Aya Nakamura”, citing as an example the reposting last weekend on social media of a Les Natifs banner, which read: “No way, Agia. This is Paris, not the Bamako market.”

“The purpose of this message was to confirm that Aya Nakamura, despite being a French artist, it has no legitimacy to represent France, referring to its origin artist from Mali who is apparently judged to be banned in the eyes of the extreme right,” complained SOS Racisme.

The artist reacted to this message with a post on social media: “You may be racist but not deaf… This hurts! I’m the number one topic of public debate, but what exactly do I owe you? Nothing”.

In the face of repeated attacks on the world’s most listened-to French-language singer after her song “Djadja”, Culture Minister Rashida Dati warned on Tuesday about “pretexts to attack someone from pure racism”. “To attack an artist for what she is is unacceptable, it constitutes a criminal act,” he stressed.

Aya Nakamura, one of the most important representatives of RnB in France, released her fourth consecutive album “DNK” last year.