#RevolutionNow: Late Fela Kuti's Speech About Revolutionary

We've come across a throwback video of music icon, Fela Kuti talking about revolutionary, following the recent call from Sowore and other Nigerians for a change of government or it's policies that are no longer bearable.

Fela Kuti may have died 22 years ago this August, but his fight against corruption and colonialism is still an inspiration for Nigerians

Kuti fearlessly proved the human spirit is stronger than any government.

Born into a well-to-do family who sent him to England to study medicine in 1958, he chose instead to enrol at the Trinity College of Music. After returning to Nigeria in the late 60s, he created Afrobeat, blending African rhythms with jazz and funk.

Fela's lyrics were scathing denunciations of Nigeria's socioeconomic reality. He focused on corruption, abuse of power, mental emancipation from colonialism and the need for Nigerians to stand up for their rights.

He complained that when a pauper is caught stealing, he is labelled a thief and promptly jailed. But when a minister pockets millions from state coffers, it's explained away with fancy-sounding words to bamboozle the uneducated, like "mismanagement" and "inquiry".

Fela, on the other hand, hardly minced his words when criticising the government, referring to corrupt VIPs by name and christening them "vagabonds in power".

There were consequences: harassment, imprisonment, beatings. But Fela said this only made him "stronger".

Watch the video
https://zenithnaija.com/revolution-now-late-fela-kutis-speech-about-revolutionary/

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