Fela did NOT just sing activism songs.
Fela lived the life of an activist.

He was jailed over 200 times.
At a point, he was in jail for almost 2 years. Fela was an icon and a legend.

Please let us not disrespect the legacy of Fela by comparing him with that Ikorodu Lucky Dube.

The day you ever actually read about Fela, you will stop comparing him with all these clowns who assume that wearing pants and smoking weed is ALL there is to Fela.

Fela was an enigma.
Fela was a music legend.
Fela was a human rights activist.
Fela was an absolute phenomenon.

Fela created Afrobeats- a completely new style of music at a time the world wasn’t really listening to Africans.

That style of music went everywhere all over- that today, there are musicals, movies, documentaries all about Fela.

There’s actually a Broadway Musical about Fela.

Fela created Kalakuta Republic- his own little country. It was complete with its own constitution and a free health clinic for everyone. It offered home to the homeless.

Students even trooped in to take part in debates on Africa's future. And yes, Marijuana flowed freely there.

Fela wrote columns for Punch and Daily Times newspapers- attacking government, religious extremism, evil multinational companies and addressing the menace of poverty.

If you don’t know who Fela is.
Pls try to read about him.

He did not just sing and smoke weed.
He is an icon.