Homosexuality Originated In Africa, The Europeans Didn’t Introduce It says Jidenna

Nigerian born American singer, Jidenna has shared his opinion about the origin of homosexuality in a recent interview.

According to the singer, homosexuality has always existed in Africa as part of its culture and it is not something that was imported by Europeans.

He said: “The whole idea that Black people, and our tradition to be Black… You hear these African leaders who are dressed in three-piece suits, got an iPhone, speaking in English and not their native tongue are saying, ‘it’s unafrican to be homosexual, it’s unafrican… we don’t have it. That was brought as a European import.’ It’s not true. It’s not true at all.”


“You got Uganda, the kingdom of Buganda at the time… Before Uganda, there was an openly gay king. If you go to Zimbabwe… the bushmen as they call them, you’ll see homosexual acts in the Cape paintings. If you go to different communities in Africa, there were different rights of passage where if a woman was with a woman, or a man was with a man, they were thought to be mower powerful. There was never a time where this didn’t exist, or where it was just hands down that homosexuals were wrong. That’s not actually an African thing, which means it’s not a Black thing.”


Jidenna also spoke about a man, Maurice Willoughby alias Reese who recently took his own life after he was bullied for dating a transgender woman, he said:

“So, what is a foreign import is actually the idea that this is somehow wrong. That what Reese is doing is wrong. That’s the truth. That’s actual history. Y’all can google it. You can look it up. Don’t take my word for it. Look it up. To me, if you understand that, if you grew up knowing that, then you’re not gonna have those guys on the street bullying him. Then maybe he doesn’t commit suicide, then maybe he doesn’t beat her, because he’s beating himself inside.”(Informationng)