Fela The Black President we never had
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First black president and the father of afrobeat, fela anikulapo kuti. Fela's Demonstration Of Craze: Nothing has changed since Nigerian Afrobeat music pioneer, Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, known professionally as Fela Anikulapo Kuti, or simply Fela, gave his own epic and hilarious breakdown of Democracy [1980]. As Nigerians all over the world remember and celebrate today – Democracy Day (June 12, 2022) Fela described Democracy as simply Demonstration of Craze. Looking at it critically, it makes all the sense that there is to be derived from the word. Nigerians have not only been crying from time immemorial, it is not a different scenario today as the same hands are still running the cabal. Nothing has changed, despite the ‘change’ mantrum. Here’s what he said, “Now I mentioned Democracy. In English, an English man will say demo-cracy but if an African man wants to say it in broken (pidgin English), he will say demo-cree-cy. Democracy – demo-cracy, crazy demo, demonstration of craze, crazy demonstration. Poor man dey cry, rich man dey mess, democracy, crazy demo, demonstration of craze....God Help Nigeria.
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Eyitayo Alagbe
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Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day. brMay God bless Us with unspeakable joy, not only in the world to come, but in this world also. People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life, to learn something is a joy to me.
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