Egyptian social media users have launched a campaign to cancel Kevin Hart concert, which scheduled to take place at Cairo Stadium on 21 February 2023, due to his past Afrocentric comments about ancient Egypt.
“We must teach our children the true history of black Africans when they were kings in Egypt…,” Hart’s remarks that enraged the Egyptian.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Museum Hussein Abdul Basir explained that “what Hart said is not normal; It is dangerous; because it’s about stealing the history.”
The hashtag calling for the show cancellation has become one of the top trending topics on various social media channels over the past week in Egypt.
Many also pointed out Hart’s recent partnership deal with Black Sands Entertainment, a media company known for its Afrocentric graphic novels and animated films about African history across the diaspora.
Hart’s announcement about his show has met with angry responses from his Egyptian followers, with several telling the comedian he was not welcome in a country whose history he has attempted to rewrite.
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You aren't welcome to Egypt. Egyptians aren't africans. We're the real builders of the civilization,no one else.The afrocentric is just a lie.They're liars. Egypt is our land not the africans.— Monya ehab (@Monyaehab1) December 13, 2022
