Exactly 74yrs ago, on the 16th of october 1938, this great singer was born
If he were still alive, he would have been celebrating his 74th birthday today....the abami eda,human rights activist.,musician,mentor,brother,father,friend and the list goes on. But what were the accolades that made this incredible legend stand out is his selfless attitude towards the african state. He fought emphatically on the issue of neo colonialism by the west on african state, fought for civil rights in the african state, Declared war on governments who promoted corruption in their cabinet, fought those whom abused civil rights and the list goes on and on..Although during the time of these movements he went through hell incarcerated,humiliated, imprisoned,you can name the worst it happened to him. ignoring all this he stood his ground even till his last breathe for the justification of true governance and civil rights for the African state. A true legend in reality.
As we celebrate this icon all over the world, the Nigerian state shouldn't forget his prophecies and assertion even decades after is death the problems he long speculated still lingers, bad governance, corruption,neo colonialism,religious bigotry, human rights violation etc. All these are still problems battling the Nigerian state, problems that administration after administrations are yet to tackle. Society fails when words that are meant to be said lingers in the heart. Felas ideology shouldn't go to waste has our national anthem would say.
" The labor of our heroes past shall never
be in vain"
We should all rise as fela said ' AFRICA ARISE' it is our call our own devotion we owe it to ourselves for the betterment of our future has Africans. Has brothers and sisters, has one family bound by love of our rich culture and communal faith. It is your call my call our call.
Has we all celebrate in the spirit of felabration we shouldn't forget of that legendary legend FELA and what he stood for.
KHALIF