Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has disclosed the reason why his late father’s (Fela Anikulapo Kuti), the pioneer of Afrobeats, got married to 27 women in a single day.
Recall that in 1978, the “Zombie”made the incredibly audacious decision to marry 27 women in one day.
When Seun Kuti appeared via Skype on the “Fresh Off The Boat” podcast, he revealed that his father had married 27 women in a single day to protect their honour and dignity because the media had already labelled his female dancers and band members who lived with him as “prostitutes.”
“My father was under immense media propaganda. He was very scrutinised. And most of them were directed to the women that were in his life; his female back-up singers, dancers. They all lived together with my dad but the media started calling them prostitutes.
“So my dad, in order to preserve their honour and dignity, asked them if they would choose to be his brides so nobody would call them names anymore and they all agreed. That was how the marriage happened.”
The father of one also revealed that Fela’s movie is currently being written.