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Aya Nakamura thanks fans for support over Olympics racism as she wins awards
French singer dedicates top prizes at Les Flammes ‘to all the blacks’ after backlash over rumoured Paris show
The comedian Waly Dia’s opening speech lamented the racist row over Nakamura, the most listened to French singer in the world, and criticised the culture minister, Rachida Dati, for her absence. Behind him, a screen that covered all sides of the stage showed the names and ages of children killed in Gaza in the Israeli bombardments that followed the Hamas attack on 7 October. The award was given to him by Assa Traoré, an activist against police violence whose brother died after being arrested in 2016, and the entrepreneur Sara El Attar.
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