Retired dancer, Yeni Kuti, on Thursday remembered her dad, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, 21 years after his passing.
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti a multi-instrumentalist, musician, pioneer of the Afrobeat music genre, human rights activist, and political maverick died at the age of 58 from complications related to AIDS.
Yeni took to Instagram on Thursday to reminisce about her father, saying he was a father to all.
“This day 21 years ago, we lost our father. A father to all! Continue to Rest In Peace Fela! Sun Re,” she wrote.
Fela was known worldwide as a great musician and activist and years after his death, his Afrobeat sound continues to dictate and dominate the sound of music all over the world leaving his indelible footprint in the sands of time.
His self-pioneered Afrobeat sound has put Nigerian music, culture, arts and sound on a new pedestal in the world as much as lyrics of Fela’s songs continue to remain relevant in the current political and economic crime in Nigeria.
Late Fela Kuti left the world with a rich repertoire of music and albums including Why Black Man Dey Suffer in 1971, Shakara in 1972, Afrodisiac in 1973 and Gentleman in 1973.
