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Majimbo's complicated relationship with Kenya
Although she is a big name outside Kenya, Majimbo has a rather complicated relationship with her motherland and in a previous interview, she told Forbes that Kenyans have never really appreciated her craft.
"I have a very complicated relationship with Nairobi. When things started going on well for me there was a lot of backlash to me and there were a lot of colorist things said towards me and surprisingly it's people from Kenya who were doing that and they were bullying me on the internet," said Majimbo.
For this reason, the 21-year-old vowed never to return to Kenya unless she's visiting her parents.
"They were hell-bent on my failure and it was so absurd. When the whole world was cheering me on Kenya was praying for my downfall so when I got the chance I packed my bags and I left. I'll go to see my family but I left and I'm never going back," she told Forbes.
However, this is not the first time that Majimbo has addressed being bullied by Kenyans. In May 2021, in an interview with Dubai's Anash Bukhash, Majimbo said she had faced a lot of bullying and racism in Nairobi since high school.
"I have faced a lot of bullying in Nairobi and when I say bullying people only think about the internet, but it has been my whole life. At the university, I chose my friends and the company I was in and it got easier," she recalled.
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