Chidimma Adetshina has faced a torrent of online abuse and questions about whether she is South African amid anti-African immigrant sentiment
A South African beauty pageant contestant with a Nigerian father has been subjected to relentless online abuse and interrogations of her right to compete for the MissSince Chidimma Adetshina, a 23-year-old law student who was born in Soweto and lives in Cape Town, was announced on 1 July as one of the contestants in the running to represent South Africa at the Miss Universe pageant, there has been constant questioning of whether she is a South African citizen.
“I’m still finding my feet as to how do I go about ,” said Adetshina. “Not taking away from the fact that I am South African, but also understanding that I am still proudly Nigerian and I am proudly South African and just being that symbol of peace of unity.” “The intense scrutiny and vitriol aimed at Adetshina reveal a continued colonised mindset among many South Africans,” the leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters party said in a statement on Wednesday.
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