AKA urges parents to join Pretoria Girls High fight: 'I'd be at that school f***ing sh*t up right now'

29 August 2016 - 18:23 By TMG Entertainment
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Rapper AKA has called on parents of pupils at Pretoria High School for Girls to get behind their daughters and fight the alleged "racism" at the school.

Image: AKA via Instagram

The Baddest rapper added his voice to thousands of messages of support for the girls at the school, but said their parents should also be involved in their daughters' protests.

The outspoken rapper, who is a father to a one-year-old girl, admits that if it was his daughter who was involved in the protests, he would be at the school "f*cking sh*t up".

AKA says he is amazed at the school's alleged stance on black girls not being allowed to wear their hair naturally, especially given the fact that we live in an African country.

"I don't understand. How can someone's natural hair be an issue? What can girls possibly do to change how their hair grows. Ridiculous. How can you ban an African girl from having African hair going to school in an African country? How does this make sense?" he asked.

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The school was thrust into the spotlight this past weekend after students claimed that black pupils were not allowed to wear their hair naturally and were being told to straighten their hair.

Some parents were present when Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi met with students at the school on Monday morning, after more than 4 500 people signed a petition calling for his intervention.

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