FELA ANIKULAPO KUTI

By Abena The Village Girl

Fela

The most entertaining, amusing, down-to-earth, bold, mysterious, captivating, musical, instrumentalist that ever touched planet Earth. Fela Anikulapo Kuti 'the man that carries death in his pouch'. If you don't know get to know immediately.

Fela's existence on this Earth has changed my life for the better, musically and emotionally. One of the first tracks of Fela's that changed me was 'Ikoyi Blindness' the musical geniousity in that and all of his tracks actually made me a continuous listener and now I can't go back. 'Ikoyi Blindness' is a track about missing your path to destiny by taking a road which was not actually meant for you. i.e. A hairdresser sitting in the courtroom as a lawyer.

To be honest words cannot really describe this man and his music, others have tried even his own sons but nothing comes close to the unique and yet most down-to-earth man. Its hard to talk about Fela because he stood for so much but mostly he was ready to take his life for Africa and that is what makes him stand out from the rest. He lived as an African from the moment he became conscious of Africa's greatness.To be cont.d