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Femi Kuti - Musician and Activist

Femi Kuti - Musician and Activist

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Zeinab Badawi talks to musician and activist Femi Kuti, son of the legendary Fela Kuti.

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Zeinab Badawi talks to the musician and political activist Femi
Kuti, son of the late, legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti.

As Africa's most populous nation and one of its biggest oil
producers, Nigeria is a giant on the African stage. But in terms
of prosperity it has never fulfilled the expectations of its
people.

Femi Kuti is a constant thorn in the side of the Nigerian
authorities and uses his songs to criticise government and speak
up on behalf of the poor and dispossessed.

But with fantastic rates of growth in Nigeria and elsewhere in
Africa, is Femi Kuti being overly pessimistic about Nigeria's
prospects?

(Image: Femi Kuti performs on the stage in 2008. Credit: Stephane
de Sakutin / AFP / Getty Images)