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our politicians Support artist that only criminalize and diminish our heritage as black people By SEUN ANIKULAPO KUTI.

Entertainment Parrot was Guest   of SEUN ANIKULAPO KUTI at his off Allen Avenue home in ikeja Lagos the maverick outspoken Afrobeat Apostle and Pan Africanist  was at his explosive best in this interview.

E.P: How did your recent  tour went?

Ans: The tour was okay it was awesome we had a good time did about twenty something shows, we equally did the promo for our new album ,most of the shows were our own night in venice we didn’t do much festival.

E.P: The afrobeat music is noted for the great infusion of strong African indigenous beat what is your perception of the current  trends among  musicans who always like to make a copycat of the European form of music.

Ans: I think it dosen’t l mean anything, you know music is very broad and it can be interpreted in many forms I don’t think  everybody has to do the type of things I do and I don’t have to do what other people do as well I had no feeling towards it. The only time I reacted  to it was when they try to attach the music, message and legacy of my father with these new consumerist, materialistic and individualist  form of music it demeans Fela legacy I don’t  really like that other than that  I have no issues with it.

E.P: Now your band the Egypt 80_s, how many albums have you release with them?

Ans: Well we have four studio albums and also we some remix as well, the albums are ‘ Many things' from African  with furies‘ "A long way to the beginning" and also the one we just release called  ‘ The Black tithes"well all of them are quite successful.

E.P:When are you resuming your performances at the new African Shrine ?

Ans: We would resume in September, we play every last Saturday of the month if  am around, but the timing don’t coincide  with our time since we just came back we will  be playing there from September.

E.P: Seun, the afrobeat music you play  cannot be removed from the politics of  the environment it came out from ,what is your perception of governance and politics presently?

Ans: My perception about Nigerian society both business and political sphere it is basically anti- people you are never rewarded  for doing  society  good in Nigerian ,you are rewarded only if you service the elites. Recently awards was confer  on people who fought for June 12 election I don’t know what that stand for but nobody award the people of Nigeria who die in their hundreds   and  thousand in that  struggle any award. Even in the nation newspaper uncle  Beko RansomeKuti   was just giving a foot note  after spending three years in jail they put civil liberty  organization but never remember that uncle Beko put everything in the forefront  of the protest and put his life on the line. Really  Abiola is not the hero  of  Nigerian people but of the  elites, Abiola a C.I.A agent who sponsored two coups the first against a democratically elected government of Ahaji Sheu Shagari just because they refuse to give him the presidential ticket, the second one he sponsor it so that they woud hand over to him but his friend IBB refuse to hand over to him, so the "wages of sin is always death." I don’t see anything bad in that. The  moment the Nigerian people we start to see things from our own perceptives which will determine our very survival as a Nation. That what's the Nigerian people should understand ‘ Know thy enemy’ no matter what Dangote is saying Otedola, Tinubu, and Buhari no matter what they are saying. They are speaking from  their own advantages  position  and influence not from the position of the people, like what Governor Ambode is doing in Lagos displacing and pauperizing millions of lagosian, abusing their right, people are been cleared from their homes in Lagos including the unjust taxes placed on us, so we have to. remove ourself from the narratives of our enemy. In America they have what they call ‘Stop and firsky’ only in black neighborhood, they keep harassing blacks their cannot get loans, housing etc so when you come to African you will see that people who rule us here has the same racist policy against it own people. Even here in Nigeria we have stop and search we see our children been killed, beaten etc in the streets, The same policy of the rulers of America against the black people even in Europe  you see the Same policy here, why should we practice that here ,we have Mirror image in our country of the discriminating  policy, that is the type of question we should ask our leaders why they should have the same racist practices here to ask our government. Our own government resemble the racist social engineering policy we can’t have access to  housing, and loans and electricity why black  people can't get loans  even in our country, that is the Policy of the Europeans ,forget the corruption the west is corrupt also ,everywhere is corrupt why is there racist policy between our government and the government of the Europeans and America

E.P: What is your take on Governor Ambode been the first government official to honour FELA  last year  during felabration ?

Ans: Well what ever governor Ambode did  FELA deserves it even  more than that, everything  is okay for me it’s good nothing  unsual, great artist  all over the  world enjoy great government provision that is official recognation that is not even enough Governor Ambode coming to commission the statute of FELA which is built by his govt and visiting the Kalakuta Museum it in appreciation for what FELA has done for this great country ,there is more to be done we are greatful  for the little one .

E.P: Your comment on  government attitude to the Arts.

Ans: Govt has always been open to arts that support them, people like Ebenezer Obey and  Sunny Ade they have amazing careers for praise singing about the elites, I don’t think music or acts are their problem, our government are human they are not robot they enjoy those things we enjoy too, thing that lift their ego likewise   if you look  at our entertainment industry our music acts the afrobeat as you called it and others  they are global it is not as if Nollywood  has a global film, it is not as  if musical  acts has any global hits but because our government has the resources , they can afford the P.R  to be global, so our politicians Support artist that only criminalize and diminish our heritage as black people that is why in the movies all you see  is your father want to kill  you, everbody want  to kill you infact your salvation lays in the hand of the  govt or a rich man  You are told, he give you a job and you are rescue from the hand of poverty, death and your enemies  ( the evil ones ). Hence, we also have the elites white Jesus. The white Jesus who also comes in the movies to rescue you  and cast away  the african gods in you anything african is evil ,,they belief that African gods don’t have any power but as soon as something bad happens they would say it  is ogun that strike that person. that's what  the youth are been fed with  in churches, in schools,, at several  meetings ,by the government  and their television every day then you start to blame them that they are lazy ,all these reinforces  their notion that  not been stupendously rich  is a failure of existence  .

E.P: The believe in the African ways of life, culture, customs and tradition which has been eroded

Ans: (cuts) every African gods are evil that is the elites belief but Jesus Christ and Mohammed have brought more poverty to African than any other religion .

E.P: (laughing) Seun are you serous?

Ans: Yes I tell all my friends that nobody "s grandfather was homeless, everybody  grand father' and forebears have a house in the village, it is when Jesus Christ come that home lessness  followed him, oh yes the gods and spirits you are worshipping when you have homes and food to eat you now start calling them evil so jesus brought homelessness and poverty. As soon as our people embrace the evil/spirit of Jesus poverty and homelessness set in or have your father been homeless before in the village? (to entertainment parrot).

E.P: Not at all but seun what do you think should be the weapon of correcting this societal ills?

Ans: Yes politicise the people I think that is the biggest thing to do as a nation , a good government should do that through many credible institution s like the religious ,educational, media and political in stitutions  which all goes toward politicising the nation and the people. It is a government of the people every decision made has to be popular and are made known to the people so if the people are not politicise any policy that is vested in the people would be resisted, these are what most  political parties in Nigeria want to avoid. That is why they promise you change, they give you change without you understanding the type of change even  the English they speak is to mystify the people because the people don’t understand the English of the politician. That is why you see our president forcing himself to speak English like “a shire u, pedential, peelings insist of feeling” why must you speak English speak pidgin, speak Hausa  let everybody hear you but no they have to impress the white man with their command of English language so without speaking that language  they are not civilized that is how the elites speak everybody that have money in Nigeria what would they show for that all of them made their money from extraction what can they show for all their type of  wealth what monumental thing can thy show that every Nigerian have access to, they  continune to deceive the people that consumming foreign goods is the epitome of existence  and not been supendiously rich is a failure of existence.  That not been  stupendously rich is a failure of existence.

E.P: Your message to your fans

Ans: simple, simple, for everybody is  to politicise yourself become a part of the solution, when you ask people what is your priority they will never say to make my country great but say to have many cars and mansions. travel overseas always, even old men  of 60yrs plus will still be dreaming of what they were dreaming at 16yrs,they will be talking of fucking more women, having many mansion but they will never say I want my country to be great and what their are going to do for it to be great, infantile ambition.

 

our politicians Support artist that only criminalize and diminish our heritage as black people

Our politicians Support artist that only criminalize and diminish our heritage as black people Says SEUN ANIKULAPO KUTI.

Entertainment Parrot was Guest   of SEUN ANIKULAPO KUTI at his off Allen Avenue home in ikeja Lagos the maverick outspoken Afrobeat Apostle and Pan Africanist  was at his explosive best in this interview.

E.P: How did your recent  tour went?

Ans: The tour was okay it was awesome we had a good time did about twenty something shows, we equally did the promo for our new album ,most of the shows were our own night in venice we didn’t do much festival.

E.P: The afrobeat music is noted for the great infusion of strong African indigenous beat what is your perception of the current  trends among  musicans who always like to make a copycat of the European form of music.

Ans: I think it dosen’t l mean anything, you know music is very broad and it can be interpreted in many forms I don’t think  everybody has to do the type of things I do and I don’t have to do what other people do as well I had no feeling towards it. The only time I reacted  to it was when they try to attach the music, message and legacy of my father with these new consumerist, materialistic and individualist  form of music it demeans Fela legacy I don’t  really like that other than that  I have no issues with it.

E.P: Now your band the Egypt 80_s, how many albums have you release with them?

Ans: Well we have four studio albums and also we some remix as well, the albums are ‘ Many things' from African  with furies‘ "A long way to the beginning" and also the one we just release called  ‘ The Black tithes"well all of them are quite successful.

E.P:When are you resuming your performances at the new African Shrine ?

Ans: We would resume in September, we play every last Saturday of the month if  am around, but the timing don’t coincide  with our time since we just came back we will  be playing there from September.

E.P: Seun, the afrobeat music you play  cannot be removed from the politics of  the environment it came out from ,what is your perception of governance and politics presently?

Ans: My perception about Nigerian society both business and political sphere it is basically anti- people you are never rewarded  for doing  society  good in Nigerian ,you are rewarded only if you service the elites. Recently awards was confer  on people who fought for June 12 election I don’t know what that stand for but nobody award the people of Nigeria who die in their hundreds   and  thousand in that  struggle any award. Even in the nation newspaper uncle  Beko RansomeKuti   was just giving a foot note  after spending three years in jail they put civil liberty  organization but never remember that uncle Beko put everything in the forefront  of the protest and put his life on the line. Really  Abiola is not the hero  of  Nigerian people but of the  elites, Abiola a C.I.A agent who sponsored two coups the first against a democratically elected government of Ahaji Sheu Shagari just because they refuse to give him the presidential ticket, the second one he sponsor it so that they woud hand over to him but his friend IBB refuse to hand over to him, so the "wages of sin is always death." I don’t see anything bad in that. The  moment the Nigerian people we start to see things from our own perceptives which will determine our very survival as a Nation. That what's the Nigerian people should understand ‘ Know thy enemy’ no matter what Dangote is saying Otedola, Tinubu, and Buhari no matter what they are saying. They are speaking from  their own advantages  position  and influence not from the position of the people, like what Governor Ambode is doing in Lagos displacing and pauperizing millions of lagosian, abusing their right, people are been cleared from their homes in Lagos including the unjust taxes placed on us, so we have to. remove ourself from the narratives of our enemy. In America they have what they call ‘Stop and firsky’ only in black neighborhood, they keep harassing blacks their cannot get loans, housing etc so when you come to African you will see that people who rule us here has the same racist policy against it own people. Even here in Nigeria we have stop and search we see our children been killed, beaten etc in the streets, The same policy of the rulers of America against the black people even in Europe  you see the Same policy here, why should we practice that here ,we have Mirror image in our country of the discriminating  policy, that is the type of question we should ask our leaders why they should have the same racist practices here to ask our government. Our own government resemble the racist social engineering policy we can’t have access to  housing, and loans and electricity why black  people can't get loans  even in our country, that is the Policy of the Europeans ,forget the corruption the west is corrupt also ,everywhere is corrupt why is there racist policy between our government and the government of the Europeans and America

E.P: What is your take on Governor Ambode been the first government official to honour FELA  last year  during felabration ?

Ans: Well what ever governor Ambode did  FELA deserves it even  more than that, everything  is okay for me it’s good nothing  unsual, great artist  all over the  world enjoy great government provision that is official recognation that is not even enough Governor Ambode coming to commission the statute of FELA which is built by his govt and visiting the Kalakuta Museum it in appreciation for what FELA has done for this great country ,there is more to be done we are greatful  for the little one .

E.P: Your comment on  government attitude to the Arts.

Ans: Govt has always been open to arts that support them, people like Ebenezer Obey and  Sunny Ade they have amazing careers for praise singing about the elites, I don’t think music or acts are their problem, our government are human they are not robot they enjoy those things we enjoy too, thing that lift their ego likewise   if you look  at our entertainment industry our music acts the afrobeat as you called it and others  they are global it is not as if Nollywood  has a global film, it is not as  if musical  acts has any global hits but because our government has the resources , they can afford the P.R  to be global, so our politicians Support artist that only criminalize and diminish our heritage as black people that is why in the movies all you see  is your father want to kill  you, everbody want  to kill you infact your salvation lays in the hand of the  govt or a rich man  You are told, he give you a job and you are rescue from the hand of poverty, death and your enemies  ( the evil ones ). Hence, we also have the elites white Jesus. The white Jesus who also comes in the movies to rescue you  and cast away  the african gods in you anything african is evil ,,they belief that African gods don’t have any power but as soon as something bad happens they would say it  is ogun that strike that person. that's what  the youth are been fed with  in churches, in schools,, at several  meetings ,by the government  and their television every day then you start to blame them that they are lazy ,all these reinforces  their notion that  not been stupendously rich  is a failure of existence  .

E.P: The believe in the African ways of life, culture, customs and tradition which has been eroded

Ans: (cuts) every African gods are evil that is the elites belief but Jesus Christ and Mohammed have brought more poverty to African than any other religion .

E.P: (laughing) Seun are you serous?

Ans: Yes I tell all my friends that nobody "s grandfather was homeless, everybody  grand father' and forebears have a house in the village, it is when Jesus Christ come that home lessness  followed him, oh yes the gods and spirits you are worshipping when you have homes and food to eat you now start calling them evil so jesus brought homelessness and poverty. As soon as our people embrace the evil/spirit of Jesus poverty and homelessness set in or have your father been homeless before in the village? (to entertainment parrot).

E.P: Not at all but seun what do you think should be the weapon of correcting this societal ills?

Ans: Yes politicise the people I think that is the biggest thing to do as a nation , a good government should do that through many credible institution s like the religious ,educational, media and political in stitutions  which all goes toward politicising the nation and the people. It is a government of the people every decision made has to be popular and are made known to the people so if the people are not politicise any policy that is vested in the people would be resisted, these are what most  political parties in Nigeria want to avoid. That is why they promise you change, they give you change without you understanding the type of change even  the English they speak is to mystify the people because the people don’t understand the English of the politician. That is why you see our president forcing himself to speak English like “a shire u, pedential, peelings insist of feeling” why must you speak English speak pidgin, speak Hausa  let everybody hear you but no they have to impress the white man with their command of English language so without speaking that language  they are not civilized that is how the elites speak everybody that have money in Nigeria what would they show for that all of them made their money from extraction what can they show for all their type of  wealth what monumental thing can thy show that every Nigerian have access to, they  continune to deceive the people that consumming foreign goods is the epitome of existence  and not been supendiously rich is a failure of existence.  That not been  stupendously rich is a failure of existence.

E.P: Your message to your fans

Ans: simple, simple, for everybody is  to politicise yourself become a part of the solution, when you ask people what is your priority they will never say to make my country great but say to have many cars and mansions. travel overseas always, even old men  of 60yrs plus will still be dreaming of what they were dreaming at 16yrs,they will be talking of fucking more women, having many mansion but they will never say I want my country to be great and what their are going to do for it to be great, infantile ambition.