Legacy of Fela Kuti Continues
16 June 2020
By Kenneth Kiplagat
Grammy nominated Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy shared Fela's handwritten letter on On June 16, 2020 in which the African Giant urges Africans to unite.
Taking to his Instagram page, Burna Boy shared his beliefs and the clarion call that black lives matter and Africa should be remembered before anything else "A Handwritten letter by the Pioneer Fela Kuti. - My thoughts: All black people please remember that you were AFRICANS before you became anything else. Giants, Royalty! .... let us also remember that we’re all we’ve got, let’s all set new goals because
“AFRICA MUST UNITE” #blacklivesmatter" He said.
The letter was penned on a Kalakuta Limited letterhead shows Fela Anikulapo-Kuti as Chairman and Beko Ransome-Kuti as Managing Director.
The best part of the two-page letter reads, "It is my view that African children, African youth and if possible, older Africans should now start to think positively towards this important ideology that, 'Africa music unite.'"
Burna Boy was only six years old when Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti passed away, but that was enough time for the future musician to be inspired.
“Everyone’s got their hero,” the 28-year-old Nigerian performer said. “For me, that’s my hero.”
Kuti — the Nigerian musical icon and political agitator whose life and legacy was portrayed in the wildly popular Broadway musical “Fela!” — was once managed by Burna Boy’s grandfather, someone else he calls a hero.
You can read the letter below;
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