Why Fela Refused To Send Me To School – Femi Kuti Reveals

Nigerian Afrobeats icon, Femi Kuti, has opened up on the reason why his late father, legendary Fela Anikulapo Kuti did not allow send him to school.

The exceptional musician said Fela never sent him to school because he wanted to use him as an experiment, to prove that people could be successful without acquiring formal education.

This was disclosed by him in a recent interview with presenters of Your View, an all-female talk show on TVC.

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According to him, though Fela was great, he had his faults, one of which was his refusal to send him to school, an experiment he believes was very risky.

“Yes Fela was great. But Fela did have faults. But one of the faults is that Fela wanted to use me as an experiment. His excuse was that I would be successful without going to school.

“And his mother, my mother, everybody, just freaked out. No! When I became successful he was like, ‘Didn’t I tell you? Me that went through that experiment I know it was very risky.”

Femi further stated that he made sure his son studied music abroad, because he didn’t want what befell him to also happen to his son.