FELA THE POPULIST ACTIVIST

Musically you can't touch this fella, he was so dope at his prime, with rich souds and lyrics that was so woke, so woke that he got international music contracts and recognition at a time when there was no internet.

He became an activist through his music.
A populist activist, so he also went the way every story of populism goes.

Fela caused more harm to his generation more than the corrupt goverment officials he always took a swipe at with his musics and beer parlour opinions.

If the Youth (human resources) that wasted and still wasting away as a result of his legacy is not corruption, then our leaders wasting our common wealth is also not corruption!
But Fela the prophet couldn't see beyond the latter.

He raised an army of blunt, and all they could do was roll a perfect blunt at the problems facing the nation.

He raised an army of womanizers and all they could do was to get laid at every sight of the nation challenges.

He raised an army of revellers and all they could do was to dance and get drunk at the corruption scandals of his time.

He thought Nigeria was Kalakuta republic so he started MOP political party and put himself up for election as the president.

Fela is a typical example of waste of talent, resources, and influence. He was the Balotelli of his time, holding so much promise but achieving so little.

His music was a strong bond that brought we the common man together, given us a voice and becoming the face of our struggle. But what did Fela do in return? He became lord polygamist, spent more time naked and wasted than actually standing up as an activist.

You wanna know the legacy Fela left behind, just go to his shrine and see for ya self.

To tell you how bad it is, they couldn't host the debate they had organised in honour of him at the shrine. You know why? Its not and has never been a place for political discussion but a place for everything Fela preached against.

If only Fela could have been sober for just a year.
If only he realised how big a sacrifice was the death of his mother.
If only he understood that being locked up for about 200 times wasn't the zenith of the struggle.
If only he understood that being a hedonist, would never allow him to focus on those things that matters.
If only he knew, he wouldn't have wasted that golden opportunity.

However, I love how far aunty Yeni has gone with the brand 'Fela', she has
done a great job. She looks like the only one willing to stir the Fela influence in the right direction i pray that she gets to that place eventually.

Felabration '17
Celebration of a Legend in music and that's where it stops.

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