Afrobeat music was pioneered by brave and controversial musician, Fela Kuti. He was known for speaking up against the oppressive government and his family members suffered greatly for it. Despite that Afrobeat has now become very popular as more and more singers infuse it in their music.
It is no doubt that Afrobeat has become known to the extent that top Nigerian artistes such as Wizkid, Burna Boy, Wande Coal, to name a few have infused the genre in their songs.
To continue the great legacy Fela left behind, some of his children and grandchildren have taken up music as a profession.
The late legend’s son, Seun, has however taken to social media via his Instagram page to warn people who want to lay claim to his father’s heritage that they stand no chance.
According to him, the Afrobeat pioneer suffered to build a name for himself and that his legacy belongs only to the family.
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He wrote:
“Whatever you think Fela went through, he went through with his family. We were his rock. My mother used to tell me bed time stories about all the scars on her. My step mum, Najite was the first person the soldiers saw in kalakuta, she was swimming, they picked her up by her head from the pool and broke her neck!!
"My mother had a broken bayonet stitched into her and she couldn’t walk for 18months. The amount of state sanctioned violence I have seen in my life as a child.
"When I was 9 I saw the cops shot and kill one of my dads boys in front of shrine and just left him there for nothing.
"Fela tried to protect us but u can’t protect anyone from that! You know these f*cking cops would come to our house and just shoot up the place at least 2ice a week? Do y’all know that? Or u think this is just play play?
"See Fela’s music is a gift for the world and everyone is welcome but our legacy is ours alone, to protect and nurture. Y’all fakers stay waaaaay back. This isn’t your space."
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