Here's what Qudus Àdérémi Onikeku had to say after been interuted on stage in Belgium.
"No agreement today! No agreement tomorrow !! ...and so my record was broken at Bozar today.
My show "AFRICAMAN ORIGINAL" was badly interrupted in the most vulgar and inappropriate manner i have ever witnessed in my 19 years of career as a performer, and with the amount of damage done, i am not taking it lightly.
I was invited for a 30
mins performance, i didn't beg to be here, i haven't done 15 mins when i
was literally pushed out of the stage without any prior warning or
advise to cut my show shorter than agreed upon.
I won't say this is linked to the fearless discourse of my show, i won't say this is because they are behind schedule, i won't even say this is racism, or this is the kind of arrogance Belgium has been known for with its past colonies... and no one is able to tell me why it was done either.
For now i am not going to say much about my decision, but i am simply not taking it lightly. I have a premiere to focus on for tomorrow in Berlin."
I won't say this is linked to the fearless discourse of my show, i won't say this is because they are behind schedule, i won't even say this is racism, or this is the kind of arrogance Belgium has been known for with its past colonies... and no one is able to tell me why it was done either.
For now i am not going to say much about my decision, but i am simply not taking it lightly. I have a premiere to focus on for tomorrow in Berlin."
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