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Why it’s time to stop searching for Fela Kuti’s successor
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It’s nearly a quarter of a century since Fela Kuti passed away. Yet, the influence of his music and pan-Africanist thoughts hasn’t stopped. Fela was notorious for the deployment of his Afrobeat as a critical tool against human rights violations, social injustice and insensitive-cum-inept leadership in Africa. And the conversation as to who best fits the profile of a successor has continued unabated.Many Nigerian artists have gone as far as naming themselves as the reincarnation of Fela. From Dede Mabiaku’s endless references to his closeness to the Abami Eda—the name Fela gave himself—a Yoruba phrase that roughly translates to “the strange one”—and Chief Priest, to Charles ‘Charly Boy’ Oputa

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