26/07/2026
👉🇿🇦Agooo BREAKING NEWS 👇 Adina Thembi has opened up about something that happened online and how it even got her family worried.
According to the singer, the comments she received after some posts about her South African background started circulating were not just normal reactions.
She suggested because of the xenoph0bic att+cks in South Africa, Ghanaians are now saying she is no longer a Ghanaian but a South African.
In her words, the way the issue was presented online made people att+ck her without giving her the chance to explain herself.
Speaking in an interview with Pulse Ghana, Adina said the whole thing started from content she felt was created mainly to attract attention.
She explained that the conversation was not really about asking for her views on the issue, but rather about using her identity to create a reaction.
“The comments at me were more like clickbait. It didn't say, ‘You are half South African, what do you have to say?’ It said, ‘Look at her, she's full South African. Her whole family is living in Ghana, and we are not doing anything to her,’” she said.
Adina said many people in Ghana were not even aware that she is half South African because she has always been connected to Ghanaian culture and speaks Twi fluently.
“People in Ghana don't know I'm half South African because I speak Twi very well. So now my fans, people in Ghana, were attacking me in my DMs,” she added.
According to her, the situation went beyond online comments because it started affecting her relatives, especially her South African family members who became concerned about what was happening.
“And now it's causing panic in my family. My South African family called me asking, ‘Are you okay? Do you need us to say anything?’” Adina shared.
She also revealed that some South Africans questioned her identity because they did not know about her connection to the country, with some expressing surprise over her heritage.
Looking back at the situation, the singer said people need to be more careful about the kind of content they create and share online, especially when it involves another person's identity or background.
She said nobody reached out to her for her side of the story before the issue was pushed online.
“Whoever did that, I always say when people are typing, they don't know the extent of it. Nobody ever said, ‘Adina, do you have anything to say?’ Because obviously I have opinions, but nobody went through it the right way,” she said.
According to Adina, some people turned the issue into a trend because it was gaining attention across different platforms.
“Rather, they started to att+ck me and were using it for their own gain because it was blowing up on all platforms,” she added. [Ghbase News]