What Fela said
“The Biafran war had started in ’66 and was now fully underway. I was in Lagos, playing music. I didn’t like the Biafran war though. I thought the Nigerian government was wrong. I thought the Biafrans were right. The Yoruba are not Ibo. I thought the Ibos were right.

“I said to myself, “This whole thing is a cheap, big hustle to put the Ibos in a bad light in the world.” And, in fact, what was happening was the beginning of corruption in Nigeria. That’s evident now.

“The Biafrans were f***ing right to secede, man. If it was secession, it was good secession. Because secession is what could have brought Africa together at that time. From secession, we could come together again. But by not seceding, we’re put together by force. Uhuhhhhhh! That’s what’s happening in Nigeria today. The Ibos don’t understand why they’re in Nigeria.

“The Yorubas don’t know what’s happening. And the Hausas, they want to dominate everybody. The whole thing is f***ing confusion. I don’t even know myself why we’re in Nigeria; how we all got to be together in this country, in the first place. No politician has ever gone into that. If Ojukwu had seceded, we would have started our own history. We would have known why we seceded and what happened.

“How did we get together in the first place? Uh? That’s the real question. Why don’t any of the politicians ever ask that question? Eh? Anyway, at that time, when the war was going on, I wasn’t politically minded at all.

“I made my comments as a citizen. I was just another musician, playing with Koola Lobitos and singing love songs, songs about rain, about people… What did I know? That’s when I split to America.”

jaeyking:
My question is how did we even agree to be United at first.
The damage has already been done
Let's just look for ways to bring unity and work together.

Cuz even if the east gets Biafra, west gets oduduwa republic and south get Niger Delta.
I still see more wars coming because the hate is in every individual.

That's when you will hear ebonyi are not real Igbos, an abia man should rule, that oyo is the real yoruba so dey should rule.

I just hope it all ends well.
South Sudan are not finding it funny

Seniorwriter:
ABAMI EDA HIMSELF.....
His songs were visionary.....

Till now his song titled " ZOMBIE O ZOMBIE" is still evident even here on Nairaland.


@Seniorwriter

observanc1:
Fela is a prophet. His "food, light, house" no dey. Fool at 40 and so many prophetic songs. Songs he sang when nigeria was even sane are playing out per second per second in this present administration.

freethenippu:

“I said to myself, “This whole thing is a cheap, big hustle to put the Ibos in a bad light in the world.” And, in fact, what was happening was the beginning of corruption in Nigeria. That’s evident now.

https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/fela-kuti-biafra-war-secession/#google_vignette

This is what's transpiring today!

Buhari could track sponsors of endsars, make kidnapping of Kanu an international issue but can't fish out the sponsors of Fulani herdsmen, Bokoharam, Iswap, bandits

Who is fooling who

jaeyking:
My question is how did we even agree to be United at first.
The damage has already been done
Let's just look for ways to bring unity and work together.

Cuz even if the east gets Biafra, west gets oduduwa republic and south get Niger Delta.
I still see more wars coming because the hate is in every individual.

That's when you will hear ebonyi are not real Igbos, an abia man should rule, that oyo is the real yoruba so dey should rule.

I just hope it all ends well.
South Sudan are not finding it funny

Buckeyemedia1:
Are you not Nigerian, you are part of the rot, in Nigeria it is always other people never me.

observanc1:
the southern republics will rule themselves peacefully, no worries.
I only fear for northern Christians- tivs, idomas, igalas, plateau people, southern kaduna, nupe, gwari, hausa christains, jukuns, gombe Christians, borno and adamawa christains, sokoto christains etc.

freethenippu:


https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/fela-kuti-biafra-war-secession/#google_vignette

freethenippu:


https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/fela-kuti-biafra-war-secession/#google_vignette

Buckeyemedia1:
Are you not Nigerian?, you are part of the rot in Nigeria, it is always other people never me. All the children shoutng Fela today, how many of their parents regarded pant wearing Igbo smoking Fela as a sane person?

observanc1:
the southern republics will rule themselves peacefully, no worries.
I only fear for northern Christians- tivs, idomas, igalas, plateau people, southern kaduna, nupe, gwari, hausa christains, jukuns, gombe Christians, borno and adamawa christains, sokoto christains etc.

observanc1:
the southern republics will rule themselves peacefully, no worries.
I only fear for northern Christians- tivs, idomas, igalas, plateau people, southern kaduna, nupe, gwari, hausa christains, jukuns, gombe Christians, borno and adamawa christains, sokoto christains etc.

LordVoldermort:
Fela insulted Buhari, Babaginda, Obasanjo, MKO Abiola, Christianity, Islam, Manners, Dictatorship, Democracy (Democrazy Demonstration of craze)

My point is fela is an entertainer not a philosopher he sings about Nigerias problems but never advises how to solve them, instead he smoked Igbo, wore pants, married lots of women and lived in his kalakuta republic...
A great musician but a bad politician.

oguns222:


We can't be united as long as the heart of the Fulani man is always focused on domination, oppression, control, overbearing.

Nobody can live peacefully with a Fulani man. He is not a man of peace. In fact, he sees peace as a sign of weakness. So, how can one cohabit with such a person?

His type of Islam is even like that of an Arab terrorist. He believes he is doing allah a favor when he commits murder!

[All these wouldn't be happening if Awolowo had talked about everybody breaking away instead of talking unity.

AchalugoNwa:
I love Fela

a real Omoluwabi

theTranslator:
you can't spell

Besides Fela was far from an Ọmọluabi

AchalugoNwa:
[s][/s]
shatap!
Fela is a real Omoluwabi unlike Tinubu urchins faction of yeroba Muslim

theTranslator:
Fela was an abami eda

oguns222:


We can't be united as long as the heart of the Fulani man is always focused on domination, oppression, control, overbearing.

Nobody can live peacefully with a Fulani man. He is not a man of peace. In fact, he sees peace as a sign of weakness. So, how can one cohabit with such a person?

His type of Islam is even like that of an Arab terrorist. He believes he is doing allah a favor when he commits murder!

All these wouldn't be happening if Awolowo had talked about everybody breaking away instead of talking unity.

AchalugoNwa:
[s][/s]
shatap!
Fela is a real Omoluwabi unlike Tinubu urchins faction of yeroba Muslim

AchalugoNwa:
wtf is abami eda
Explain in English