« FELA RANSON KUTI » WAS ONE OF THE MOST COMMITTED AND PECULIAR PAN AFRICAN SINGER, AFRICA HAS EVER KNOWN!HE WAS A PECULIAR PERFORMER WITH HIS AFROBEAT TOUCH IN HIS BELOVED COUNTRY « NIGERIA » AND IN THE WOLE OF AFRICA AS WELL! HE BUSTED UP THE PAN AFRICAN CHARTS EARLY IN THE SEVENTIES WITH HIS HIT (SHAKARA)!UNFORTUNATELY, ONE DECADE LATER ,THE NIGERIAN MILITARY GOVERNMENT LED BY « MUHAMMAD BUHARI », JAILED HIM FOR( 6 )YEARS BUT HE WAS FINALLY RELEASED AFTER( 2) YEARS OF HARD AND UNHUMAN DETENTION, THAT WEAKENED HIM DEEPLY!DOWN THE LINE, « FELA RANSON KUTI » PASSED AWAY IN (1997)!LET’S REMIND HIS LYRICS SUCH AS:(« TEACHER DON’T TEACH ME NONSENSE », »ARMY ARRANGEMENT », « ITT »(INTERNATIONAL THIEF THIEF) », »COFFIN FOR THE HEAD OF STATE », « WATER GETS NO ENNEMY » AND MANY MORE!IT’S OUR GREAT TRIBUTE TO A GREAT WARRIOR MUSICALLY IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA AND INTERNATIONALLY INDEED: « FELA RANSON KUTI » HAS GONE BUT WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
(YVES T BOUAZO)(CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITOR)(« IMAGE »: »FELA KUTI »)