Top African pop star Diamond Platnumz has been barred from performing in Tanzania after he played a song which the authorities had banned for being sexually suggestive.
The song Mwanza contains the Swahili word for “horny”, and dancers are seen in a video simulating sex.
Diamond Platnumz had treated the ban with “disdain” by singing the lyrics at a concert, the arts regulator said.
The popular Tanzanian singer has been dogged by controversy in recent years.
In April he was questioned by police after posting on Instagram a video clip of himself playfully kissing a woman.
The authorities accused him of behaving indecently.
Tanzania’s arts regulator, Basata, said Diamond Platnumz would also be banned from performing abroad, but it is unclear how it would enforce this.
The ban also applied to Rayvanny, another local musician who features in Mwanza.
“We have reached the decision because the two musicians have treated our directive with disdain,” Basata said in a statement.
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