Afrobeat musician and multi-instrumentalist, Made Kuti, has responded after an X user insulted him for marrying an Igbo woman.
The troll had shared his photo with the caption: “The face of another flish Yoruba man who married a uless osu Ibo woman. It will never be wll for those of you who are mixing Ibo blood with Yoruba bl**d.”*
In his reaction, Made said he felt no anger, only pity. He explained that Africa’s greatest leaders, including his late grandfather Fela Kuti, stood for unity and collective progress, not ethnic division.
He wrote:
“Every one of our great African leaders believed in the importance of African unity because they had faith in the potential of our people to rise intellectually above the structures and limits set by colonial regimes and miseducation… Running backwards and believing ethnic superiority/inferiority is justifiable is slave mentality. The healthiest way to free your mind is to read. Enlighten yourself with history and knowledge left by leaders like Nkrumah, Lumumba, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Fela Kuti and Sankara. Free your mind ❤️”
Made added that he chose to respond publicly because he has been seeing similar posts repeatedly.
See his post below…