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Femi Kuti Biography

Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti (born 16 June 1962), popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician born in London and raised in Lagos. He is the eldest son of afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and a grandchild of political campaigner, women's rights activist and traditional aristocrat Funmilayo Ransome Kuti.

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I think this my last album - No Place For My Dream - truly is my best work. My fear now is, I don't know if I can do better than this in my lifetime, because technically, sound quality, composition, the melody is really high standard, it's very scary; the way it was recorded, the way I was focused. I think it is top of the music scene.

Dream, Music, Recorded, Scary, Thinking, Way

We need to teach our children history, right from the primary school level, for them to better understand the issues. In my son's school they don't teach history.

Children, Level, Primary, School, Teach

Looking deeper into African way of life, it wasn't religious; it was spiritual. When you go into spiritualism, spiritualism will teach you about virtues, how to be patient, humble and kind.

Deeper, Humble, Religious, Spiritual

When I die, I want to see Malcom X, Lumumba, my father, and I want to be able to look them in the eye

Eye, Father, Look, Malcom, See

I know I trust people too much, although I try to be a bit firm, but it is a fault that we have learnt from my father.

Father, Firm, Know, People, Trying

I believe in the Creator. I don't believe the creator is God. If you change G-O-D the other way, it becomes dog.

Becomes, Believe, Creator, Dog, I Believe

Now we have to understand that slavery would not have ended if it was left to the Africans alone, Now, Europe understood that what they were doing then was unjust, but imagine the propaganda from kings and queens of Europe to convince their people that we were cannibals, idol worshipers, horrible people, bastards, godless monkeys.

Europe, Imagine, People, Propaganda, Slavery, Unjust

It is history that has distorted our lives and complicated issues. The good thing is; whether we like it or not, a lot of us are still fighting. If there was no Nkrumah, there probably won't have been a Fela Anikulapo Kuti. I appreciate the fact that he stood and risked his life. I am proud of his courage, but if you asked if he was a conventional father who did homework with me and taught me music, he did nothing of this.

Appreciate, Father, Fighting, Music, Taught, Thing

Someone asked me what legacy I wanted to leave and all my answers were so long that I even bored him. I said I don't care. Why should I? I will die someday. So if you like, remember me.

Bored, Leave, Legacy, Like, Long

My children think I'm the perfect father, but I try to bring them up to know that, 'when you are old enough you will find some faults in me, so keep an open mind. '

Children, Father, Faults, Know, Perfect, Thinking

I will never put anybody before my family because your family is your family.

Family, My Family, Our Family

I don't smoke or drink, but I will not tell you that I won't smoke again. Probably I will when I'm 60.

Drink, Probably, Smoke, Tell

Our leaders should start talking as leaders. They talk like puppets. It might take us another 100 years to come out of this phase of corruption and mismanagement. But the good thing is that we are more aware, and more Africans are talking about these things.

Africans, Corruption, Good Things, Leader, Mismanagement, Years

I don't understand, who is God. I don't understand God. But to simplify that, I will say I believe in creation. They say God is the Supreme Being. I don't believe so. I don't believe God created us in his image. I believe we are too small to understand totally the cosmic wonder of the universe.

Believe, Creation, Say, Small, Totally, Wonder