The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) has implored governments of African countries to arrest the growing cases of violent deaths against music icons on the continent. The group also urged the South African authorities to expedite the process of prosecution of the killers of rapper, Kiernan Forbes, popularly known as AKA. The famed rapper had been shot dead outside a restaurant in the coastal city of Durban on February 10.
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos - The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), has implored governments of African countries to arrest the growing cases of violent deaths against music stars on the continent just as it urged the South African authorities to expedite the process of prosecution of the killers of rapper, Kiernan
AFRIMA recalls that the 35-year-old AKA was killed in a cold-blooded shooting February 10, 2023, at a nightclub in Durban, South Africa and the awards body is demanding that everyone linked to his gruesome murder must be expeditiously brought to justice.
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