By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat’s Entertainment, Fashion and Sports Desk)
Afrobeat music super star, Femi Kuti, has revealed the reason his father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti never gave him a formal education.
In his words, Femi said the Afrobeat legend, Fela never sent him to school because he wanted to use him as an experiment, to prove that he could be successful without acquiring education.
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He said this recently in an interview with presenters of Your View, an all-female talk show on TVC.
Though my father was great, but he had his faults, one of which was his refusal to send me to school, an experiment he emphasised was very risky.
“Yes Fela was great. But Fela did have faults. But one of the faults is that Fela wanted to use me as an experiment. His excuse was that I would be successful without going to school.
“And his mother, my mother, everybody, just freaked out. No! When I became successful he was like, ‘Didn’t I tell you? Me that went through that experiment I know it was very risky.”
According to Femi, he didn’t want what befell him to also happen to his son, Made, noting he was able to successfully stop the trend.
The Afrobeat superstar noted that after discovering that his son was very gifted right from the onset, he made sure he studied music abroad. And that has paid off.
Made has not only followed his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps, he has released two singles, Free Your Mind and Your Enemy.
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