‘Fela’s wives were polyandrous,’ Seun Kuti

Nigerian artist, Seun Kuti, has spoken on what he describes as one of his father’s greatest mistakes. The musician who is the son of late Afrobeats legend, Fela Kuti, while speaking during a livestream, alleged that Fela was a victim of HIV from his wives.

Seun explained that despite the popular speculation about Fela, he was not a traditional man.

“Fela made many mistakes. One of the mistakes he made -one day, I saw a video of a lady online saying why are people praising Fela’s legacy despite him giving women HIV and dying of AIDS. I said, ‘Oh, Fela you see yourself?’ If Fela was a traditional man, he would still be alive. I will tell you something about him that you might not have known, Fela’s women all had other men,” he stated.

Seun further explained that his father’s wives were allowed to practice polyandry, adding that they were the ones to infect Fela with the viral disease.

“Fela did not keep his women to himself. He believed that as he is free to sleep with all the women, the women are also free to meet other men. His law was that they shouldn’t bring the men to his house. My father doesn’t leave his house to sleep with other women outside, so it was his women who brought HIV home to him. Nobody is perfect. Everybody make mistakes. But Fela is a man that is on the side of humanity,” he added.