AFROBEAT star, Femi Kuti, today, paid tribute to his father, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, on the 25th anniversary of the maverick musician’s death.
In an Instagram post, Femi who clocked 60 few weeks ago, in celebrating his music legend father, wrote: “25years on still in our heart, miss you more and more. The one and only Abami eda #FELA the SOUL of #Afrobeat.”
Femi’s brother Seun Kuti, an afrobeat musician too, also joined in celebrating Fela on Instagram; he wrote:
“25 years ago you transitioned. Words can’t begin to express how much more alive you have become in spirit. As we continue to strive for the Africa you fought for, we continue to ask that you allow your light to guide our path. Ase.”
Fela died on August 2, 1997, sending fans all over the world into a state of shock.
A day after the musician passed on, his elder brother, late Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, who was then a minister of health, announced at a press conference, that Fela died from complications arising from AIDS.
