We need to teach our children history, right from the primary school level, for them to better understand the issues. In my son's school they don't teach history.
Femi KutiIt is history that has distorted our lives and complicated issues. The good thing is; whether we like it or not, a lot of us are still fighting. If there was no Nkrumah, there probably won't have been a Fela Anikulapo Kuti. I appreciate the fact that he stood and risked his life. I am proud of his courage, but if you asked if he was a conventional father who did homework with me and taught me music, he did nothing of this.
Femi KutiWhen I die, I want to see Malcom X, Lumumba, my father, and I want to be able to look them in the eye
Femi KutiI think part of our faults as humans is that we are very arrogant and I think we have taken many things for granted because of the way European have taken us, which is a failure and for them to totally come out and accept is a failure.
Femi Kuti