Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has said that Professor Wole Soyinka did not allow himself be bullied by authorities as a young man.
The 36-year-old singer said this in response to the trending issue of a young man requesting the literary giant to leave his aeroplane seat as shared by oil mogul, Tonye Cole.
“We outchea too you know!!! That being said, the Nigerian professional class is callous and exemplified by this whole WS issue. The only culture they know is Agbada and how to respect elders. Just aesthetics nothing concrete.
“This ‘respecting elders’ is just an excuse not to stand up to elders!! To go around sucking up and kisses donkeys!( u know the right word). Ask them other than their agbada and ‘respecting elders’ what other african culture do they practice or hold higher than European and Arabic ideals. Ask them, the answer is Zero , Zilch, Nada. Respecting the elders the Nigerian professional class’ shelter as they continue to collude and connive to destroy us! Wole Soyinka doesn’t mind, he never ‘respected elders’ in his own days !!!” he wrote.
The issue has garnered a lot of reactions on social media with some saying they would not have asked Soyinka to give up his seat while others said they would.
Twitter users have shown support for the unidentified man, saying that Prof. Soyinka would have done same in his as a young man.
