Femi Kuti Recalls How Soldiers Burnt Fela’s House 45 Years Ago

Femi Kuti, one of the sons of late legendary Afrobeat musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti has gone down memory lane to recall the burning of Fela’s house by soldiers in 1977.

Femi shared the cover page of The PUNCH from that day, 45 years ago on his Instagram page.

He captioned the photo, “TODAY IN HISTORY: 18TH FEBRUARY 1977: GOVERNMENT BURNT FELA’S HOUSE. WE SHALL NEVER FORGET. #YeniAKuti #bigbirdkuti #madekuti.”

Femi also recalled how soldiers threw his grandmother, Madam Funmilayo Ransome Kuti out of the window.

“On that day, Fela’s mother, our grandma was thrown out of the window from the first floor, she died a year later from injuries she sustained and never recovered from,” he concluded.

Credit: Instagram| Femi Anikulapo-Kuti

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