FELA RANSOME-KUTI'S TOP 13 QUOTES
1. My people are scared of the air around them, they always have an excuse not to fight for freedom.
2. To be spiritual is not by praying and going to church. Spiritualism is the understanding of the universe so that it can be a better place to live in.
3. You cannot sing African music in proper English.
4. 99.9% of the information you get about Africa is wrong.
5. I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity.
6. Music is a spiritual thing, you don't play with music. If you play with music you will die young. You see, because when the higher forces give you the gift of music, it must be well used for the gift of humanity.
7. The secret of life is to have no fear.
8. If it is not fit to live in, then our job is to make it fit.
9. Zombie, oh, zombie. Zombie no go go unless you tell am to go. Zombie no go stop unless you tell am to stop. No brake, no jam, no sense.
10. When I was first put in jail, the name of my prison cell was ‘Kalakuta’, and Republic? I wanted to identify myself with someone who didn’t agree with the Federal Republic of Nigeria…I was in non-agreement.
11. Alutta continua…alutta continua, no! It must not continue. The struggle must STOP!
12. Yellow fever, you dey bleach o, you dey bleach, ugly thing. Who say you fine? Na lie.
13. I hold death in my pouch. I cannot die.
Credits: History Ville
2. To be spiritual is not by praying and going to church. Spiritualism is the understanding of the universe so that it can be a better place to live in.
3. You cannot sing African music in proper English.
4. 99.9% of the information you get about Africa is wrong.
5. I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity.
6. Music is a spiritual thing, you don't play with music. If you play with music you will die young. You see, because when the higher forces give you the gift of music, it must be well used for the gift of humanity.
7. The secret of life is to have no fear.
8. If it is not fit to live in, then our job is to make it fit.
9. Zombie, oh, zombie. Zombie no go go unless you tell am to go. Zombie no go stop unless you tell am to stop. No brake, no jam, no sense.
10. When I was first put in jail, the name of my prison cell was ‘Kalakuta’, and Republic? I wanted to identify myself with someone who didn’t agree with the Federal Republic of Nigeria…I was in non-agreement.
11. Alutta continua…alutta continua, no! It must not continue. The struggle must STOP!
12. Yellow fever, you dey bleach o, you dey bleach, ugly thing. Who say you fine? Na lie.
13. I hold death in my pouch. I cannot die.
Credits: History Ville
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