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‘A musical genius from Nigeria’ – Obama pays tribute to Fela in new podcast series [VIDEO]

Former United States President, Barack Obama, has paid tribute to Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti in a new podcast series detailing the musician extraordinary art and activism.

Obama delivered the tribute on Wednesday October 22 2025, in a new podcast series titled “Fela Kuti: Fear no man”, by Higher Ground owned by Obama and his wife, Michelle.

In a video shared on his Instagram page, Obama expressed his love for the late Afrobeat innovator and political activist.

While revealing that his admiration for Fela is personal, he noted “I really love him”.

“He is a musical genius from Nigeria.
A unique figure in musical history who made music that I really love,” Obama said in the video.

Fela Kuti: Fear No Man series is dedicated by Obama to pay tribute to figures that mixed art with activism in musical history.”

DAILY POST reports that Fela Kuti who died in 1997, was globally known for criticism of military dictatorship and corruption in Nigeria through his music.

Click this link and Watch Obama speak: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQHyVZLjyr9/?igsh=a250Zmw3cThnNnRm

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/10/24/a-musical-genius-from-nigeria-obama-pays-tribute-to-fela-in-new-podcast-series-video/

As e suppose be, rest well Anikulapo my father.

To the organizers of felabration2025, make una try bring better artist next year.

No be all those unknown wey una dey use choke person last week.

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Surprising that this traitor to Africa can say anything positive about Nigeria in particular.

we the blunt gang we know ourselves

Nothing here but a ganja man paying tribute to a legendary ganja man

Fake . You have never visited his shrine or attend any felabration.

Fela's kind of music is truly lengendary!

Listening to it takes one to another realm especially during a protest, when smoking weed or taking a dig.

Baba 70; a legend who will never be forgotten.

nobody cares about Obama's opinion...a pyschopath from America. we dont need your endorsement or validation of what we already know. explain your role in Boko haram, thats what we want.

So what, we've been paying tribute to Fela. How's Obama's own any difference?

Like fela like VDM, they both are alike and have a lot of things in common

Nice one from the lgbt ambassador.
aka obama

Too late, when you were in power did you pay tribute to him as a president of US

Fela is an Egba Yoruba from Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, Nigeria. Abeokuta is the cradle of western education in Nigeria and West Africa.

Abeokuta is known for education, Yoruba hospitality and cultural elite groups like ogboni, authentic indigenous African textiles (like adire, aso oke etc) , foods (like lafun, ọbe gbure, kokoro Egba, Ofada rice etc), agriculture, art, wars and the progressive development largely financed and influenced by the Saro/Aguda Egbas ( most of the English and Brazilian Yoruba family names like Fela's family) gave Abeokuta a headstart in western education that made Abeokuta to produce numerous 'Firsts' and Greatest Africans and Nigerians.

Fela came from a long line of art/music geniuses and social activists and that really shaped him. He is the first cousin to the Nobel Laurate, Prof. Wole Soyinka as they share same grandfather.

Prof. Soyinka's mother is the younger sister of Fela's Dad.

Their great grandfather is the author of the iconic Egba Anthem.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXuGBSnoJiU?si=-PpuiItNFjoh45Yk

Abeokuta Grammer School is their family sanctuary.

The story of Fela is incomplete without Abeokuta and his family


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PfoL1Fx_SE?si=7DwyY0xZS4bXDtDP

In fact, many of his songs were sampled by Bunaboi. And many artists.
Long live Afrobeat

There is no need for Obama to pay tribute to him.


If I may ask, why are you paying tribute?

The late Fela was actually a genius.
I hope we'll soon have another Fela

Took smalll country music, rock music and jazz. Mix them and returned to Africa a legend. Wiruwuru legend.

Unlike Prof Soyinka that’s in bed with bad governance, Fela through his music actually fought government in favor of oppressed masses with everything he had . The family of Isreal Ransome Kuti with exception of Olikoye that went rogue, defined to the world what civil rights activism means and their name is forever etched in the annals of gold in the minds of people that want a fairer, equal and better society for humanity different from the current cashtivists we have today like Deji , Reno and co who are motivated by hunger

Ooooooooooioo fake love

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Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/10/24/a-musical-genius-from-nigeria-obama-pays-tribute-to-fela-in-new-podcast-series-video/

With or without Obama’s tribute Baba Fela is a great musician and the pioneer of Afrobeat, Obama should keep his tribute is not as if he actually mean well for Africa Nigeria to be precise, he was the sitting president in the US that funded a campaign for regime change against GoodLuck Jonathan for refusing to pass gay right, he funded Bokoharam etc via USAID in case you are still in doubt Senator Scott Perry’s testimony reveals it and since I heard about this I look the United States differently from what i thought they were

Barack Hussein Obama, the deporter in chief who deported more Africans from the US than Biden and Trump, suddenly hailing Fela.
Wonderfulkistan

The three music Legends that will forever shape the modern/contemporary music world are Michael Jackson, Robert Nesta Marley and Fela Anikulakpo Kuti!

Respect!

Usenak:
Fake . You have never visited his shrine or attend any felabration.

If Obama were to try to visit, the amount of security they would need might seriously inconvinence fans ...so either he watches a live stream , or forgets about it.

That's why once you become presido of any country, nothing like normal retirement. You can't even go and gist with normal people self. Up till today, Obama still has secret service protection. Same issue celebs have ...which is why a celeb cannot just go and say he or she wants to go watch their favorite musician...their security go say no, not safe.

Macron of france has visited the Afrika shrine, but he did not go during the felabration. It was a private visit.

DeepSight:
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Surprising that this traitor to Africa can say anything positive about Nigeria in particular.

Traitor? Just because you have been brainwashed to believe that he's the reason why Jonna lost? Pathetic reasoning.

Goat recognises Goat..nice

FreeStuffsNG:
He is an Egba from Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, Nigeria. Abeokuta is the cradle of western education in Nigeria and West Africa.

Fela came from a long line of music geniuses and social activists and that really shaped him. He is the first cousin to the Nobel Laurate, Prof. Wole Soyinka as they share same grandfather.

Prof. Soyinka's mother is the younger sister of Fela's Dad.

Their great grandfather is the author of the iconic Egba Anthem.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXuGBSnoJiU?si=-PpuiItNFjoh45Yk

Yes ke, Ba a wa!
"Egba ile! Ibe lolaju ti bere...."

YeyeGbami:
As e suppose be, rest well Anikulapo my father.

To the organizers of felabration2025, make una try bring better artist next year.

No be all those unknown wey una dey use choke person last week.

The big ones wey you know today all started as unknown make una dey pity upcoming artists na

Daniluv1:
The big ones wey you know today all started as unknown make una dey pity upcoming artists na

I do , but this year dem too much. Haba Kilode!!!

FreeStuffsNG:
He is an Egba from Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, Nigeria. Abeokuta is the cradle of western education in Nigeria and West Africa.

Fela came from a long line of music geniuses and social activists and that really shaped him. He is the first cousin to the Nobel Laurate, Prof. Wole Soyinka as they share same grandfather.

Prof. Soyinka's mother is the younger sister of Fela's Dad.

Their great grandfather is the author of the iconic Egba Anthem.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXuGBSnoJiU?si=-PpuiItNFjoh45Yk

Abeokuta Grammer School is their family sanctuary.

Obasanjo is also Egba. Wole Soyinka and Olikoye Ransome Kuti belong to the sane boat of fighting for their bellies and never for the masses.

casualobserver:
nobody cares about Obama's opinion...a pyschopath from America. we dont need your endorsement or validation of what we already know. explain your role in Boko haram, thats what we want.

There is no concrete evidence to support the claim the Obama administration funded Boko Haram through USAID,if you have any evidence you can let the world know or forever STFU.