Huge excitement greeted Tiwa Savage's bid to perform at Prince Charles' coronation

There are mixed reactions at the announcement that Savage, a Grammy-nominated singer, will perform at the British monarch’s coronation this weekend.

When Abisoye Raji saw an Instagram post that Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage would be performing at the coronation of Prince Charles at Westminster Abbey on May 6, she could not contain her excitement.

“Mad oh!” the 23-year-old operations manager at a Lagos-based startup screamed a Nigerian exclamation of surprise as she read from her phone at a public event. Onlookers nearby looked at her curiously, but she kept grinning. “I was very happy for her because being invited to perform at the coronation of one of the most important monarchies in the world is huge,” she told Al Jazeera, smiling. “It is actually good to see Nigerians winning from top-bottom.” Afrobeats superstar Savage will join Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and other artists, including South African opera singer Pretty Yende, to perform at the coronation ceremony this Saturday of Britain’s King Charles III, who ascended the throne eight months ago following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Nigeria, one of British colonies in October 1960, the news which was seen as a breakthrough was greeted with mixed reactions.