“I am very dîsappointed at Davido for telling Africans not to go back home. Even me that was born in America went back to my home country when I made it. I don’t respect anyone who advices Africans not to go back home.” Akon
“I’m not an American or an African -American, but I am an African raised in America. We Africans need to represent Africa everywhere we go. I spent most of my life in America but my mind is African. I have the African mentality and I have never considered myself an American. I only have the American accent because I went to school in America. All my whole earlier childhood, I was raised in Africa but then when I came to America, we’d always go back ti Africa for a vacation every summer. And then when I graduated from highschool, it was a choice whether I wanted to stay in America or go back to Africa but certainly the opportunities in the US alone were greater than those in Africa. My advice to every young African who is immîgrating to the United States today is to always remember that they’re African. Ultimately, you can’t change who you are because when most Africans come to America, they kind of alîenate their originality as Afrîcans and copy what’s there inorder to get accepted. But that’s not the best way to integrate because you can’t move forward if you are not who you are.
Come to America to chase your dreams and when you achieve them, go back to Africa and make a change. I went back to my home country to make a change because complaining won’t solve anything. Davido, please don’t tell any African not to go back home. Life in Africa isn’t the best but we shouldn’t escape Africa. It’s our home and like it or not, we’ll always be Africans.” Akon
Akon advices Davido after Davido publicly wãrned Africans who are in America to never go back home.