What You May Not Know About Music Legend, "Fela"

What You May Not Know About Music Legend, "Fela"

  Fela was born on the 15th of October, 1938 and died on the 2nd of August 1997.  For social intelligence sake, let's "branch" on some basic facts about him!

• His full names are Olusegun Olufela Oludotun Ransome Kuti
•  His mother Olufunmilayo Ransome Kuti was the first woman to drive a car in Nigeria. 
• His father, Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, was a Reverend, protestant minister and school principle; the first President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers. 

• He changed his middle name to Anikulapo (meaning “he who carries death in his pouch) because he believed his middle name 'Ransome' was a slave name.
•  He  was sent to London  to study Medicine in 1958 but decided to study Music.
• He had  his own political party called Movement of the People,which he created in 1979.
•  He tried running for the post of President, but was denied candidacy
•  He was arrested for murder in 1993
• He was  trained as a radio producer for the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation.
• He married 27 wives,lived with 12, then divorced them later.
• He died of Kaposi's sarcoma brought on by AIDS, as announced by his brother, Olikoye Ransome Kuti, who was once Nigeria's Health Minister