The descendant of the Nigerian music icon Fela, Femi Kuti, took a hard swipe at the Federal Government of Nigeria in the video below that contains 58 seconds of hard truths, to show us that the fruit never falls far from the tree.
59 Seconds Of Hard Core Truth. #Nigeria pic.twitter.com/SwvlHZOcyj
— GIDI (@Gidi_Traffic) November 20, 2017
He went from condemning the bad roads and the contrast between our roads and those of foreign nations to the health sector. Mentioning the President’s popular trip to get treated outside the country he had said:
“If you want to die, die in the hands of your own people.” He posed the question, if the politicians are flying out to save their lives, that means they are leaving the ordinary masses behind to die.
This video is why some artists will remain just musicians and others will go down in history as legends. The fear of speaking out and instead portraying gyrating girls to the public is not all music should be about. Femi Kuti shows that all artists have a moral obligation to be the voice of the people who patronize them and make them who they are.
Na today? E don tey.
Your papa sang say no old news be dat. You wan repeat am?