Afrobeat multi-instrumentalist, Made Kuti, has responded after an X user insulted him for marrying an Igbo woman.
The user had posted his photo with the words: “The face of another foolish Yoruba man who married a useless osu Ibo woman. It will never be well for those of you who are mixing Ibo blood with Yoruba blood.”
Reacting, Made said he didn’t feel anger, but pity.
According to him, Africa’s greatest leaders including his late grandfather, Fela Kuti, always believed in unity and collective growth, not ethnic division.
He wrote:
Made Kuti wrote: “Every one of our great African leaders believed in the importance of African unity because they had faith in the potential of our people to rise intellectually above the structures and limits set by colonial regimes and miseducation… Running backwards and believing ethnic superiority/inferiority is justifiable is slave mentality. The healthiest way to free your mind is to read. Enlighten yourself with history and knowledge left by leaders like Nkrumah, Lumumba, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Fela Kuti and Sankara. Free your mind ❤️”
He added that he decided to put it out publicly because he has been seeing posts like this for a while now.
