How to be as successful as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti
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Probably the dream of every Nigerian musician is to be as successful as the man who’s undisputed as the greatest and most successful of all Nigerian musicians, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.
Over two decades after his 1997 death which
shook the world, he’s still spoken of with reverence and his music is still the
most popular in the country.
So why was, is Fela so
successful?
Is it because he founded his own
music genre, afrobeats?
That cannot possibly be because
he’s not the only one who founded a music genre.
Or because he was always having a
running battle with the government over injustice and other ills?
Or because he did the unthinkable
and married so many women in one day?
Or because he consumed marijuana
heavily?
Well, the simple truth is Fela
didn’t become the legend he is by magic or by hope. He planned it and he
executed it brilliantly based on a central theme that all his other actions
derived from.
This central theme is what every
other Nigerian music is not practicing because they don’t know it.
Do you want to know it, this
formula that made Fela what he is and that has ensured no other Nigerian musician
might ever attain his heights?
Then call this blogger, Oseyiza
Oogbodo, on 08036961187.
Stay safe.
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