Seun Kuti has claimed that his father, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, did not prevent his numerous wives from having intimate relationships with other men as many traditional men in polygamous marriages are wont to.
The musician said this about his father during an Instagram livestream.
Seun Kuti was addressing a claim made by a woman who said Fela does not deserve the praise he gets because he infected his women with HIV and eventually di£d of AIDS.
Seun insinuated that his father was not the one who spread the disease to his wives, rather one of the wives contracted it and brought it to his father.
Seun added that his father’s biggest mistake was not being a traditional man who insisted all his wives remain faithful to him.
He said, “Fela made many mistakes. One of the mistakes he made – one day, I saw a video of a lady online saying why are people praising Fela’s legacy despite him giving women HIV and dying of AIDS.
“I said, ‘Oh, Fela you see yourself?’ If Fela was a traditional man, he would still be alive. I will tell you something about him that you might not have known, Fela’s women all had other men.
“Fela did not keep his women to himself. He believed that as he is free to sleep with all the women, the women are also free to meet other men. His law was that they shouldn’t bring the men to his house.
“My father doesn’t leave his house to sleep with other women outside, so it was his women who brought HIV home to him. Nobody is perfect. Everybody make mistakes. But Fela is a man that is on the side of humanity.”
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