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8 Words Made Popular By Afrobeat Legend Fela by priphil(m): 10:35pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
The controversial songwriter, composer, comedian and performer ruled the Nigerian entertainment scene for several years, hitherto became a constant feature in the country’s polity and state. To suit his biddings and appeal to his numerous fans while taking on the government – mostly the military rulers - Fela coined, rejigged, and rephrased words that have today became more popular as a result of the singer’s constant usage. Listed are words commonly used by the citizenry but which we owe to the King of Afrobeat! ZOMBIE Zombie is the name given to any individual who obeys before complain or follows orders from above blindly. The word was made popular on Nigerian streets by fela after he used it in a track entitled Zombie to describe Nigerian soldiers mentality and brutality to fellow human beings like them GO SLOW This is a word coined from what the english dictionary refers to as TRAFFFIC JAM. Go slow became popular on the streets in nigeria after the fela's 1972 song Go slow, which satrise the infrastructural chaos of modern Nogeria FOLLOW FOLLOW This simply refers to individuals with no mind of his or her own but prefer to follow the crowd. Follow Follow is a track released in 1976 by fela to lampoon the lack of imagination of the Nigerian middle class. OYINBO The word oyinbo has been a regular parlance in the Nigerian western and south eastern states to describe a white man or any person with light pigmentation SHAKARA Shakara oloje, as used by fela is an act of feigning an offensive look. YELLOW FEVER The term yellow fever is actually a word for an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. But in 1976, the phrase which was commonly used by people in mushin to describe traffic wardens, was re-christened and made more popular by fela who decided to refer it to skin bleaching people. AREA BOY Area boy was borne out of the need to distinguish between residents of fela's kalakuta republic and rascals living around the area where the kalakuta was situated . CHOP AND CLEAN MOUTH Another title of one of fela's unreleased songs "Chop and Clean Mouth" became popular among the citizenry when describing an act of getting away with corrupt practices or illegality
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Re: 8 Words Made Popular By Afrobeat Legend Fela by kellz0(m): 10:38pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
ok naii |
Re: 8 Words Made Popular By Afrobeat Legend Fela by waleadex(m): 10:39pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
His soul lives on. I doubt he can ever be forgotten in the history of Nigeria. |
Re: 8 Words Made Popular By Afrobeat Legend Fela by Tolexander: 11:02pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
Suegbe Pako |
Re: 8 Words Made Popular By Afrobeat Legend Fela by goldbim(f): 11:15pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
Suffering and smiling. |
Re: 8 Words Made Popular By Afrobeat Legend Fela by iykomo0(m): 11:24pm On Aug 04, 2016 |
Tolexander:u mean to say kpako o o o. |
Re: 8 Words Made Popular By Afrobeat Legend Fela by Pheals(f): 1:43am On Aug 05, 2016 |
Were are the fela na my role model artists ( soilder go soilder come, I like love felA) Fela be like OBJ u be thief Not to talk of an album titled " a coffin for the head of state " no artist fit try amh - amazing fela is a legend during the military time 1 Like |
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