Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti has claimed that one of his several women gave his late father, Fela Kuti, HIV.
In a recent Instagram livestream, Kuti refuted rumors that his father was the one who infected his women.
He claimed that Fela was the victim and added that his father did not forbid his wives from having extramarital encounters.
This was one of Fela’s biggest errors, he bemoaned.
“Fela made a lot of mistakes,” Kuti remarked. One of his blunders was that, one day, I came across a video of a woman on the internet asking why people were honoring Fela’s legacy in spite of the fact that he gave women HIV and died of AIDS.
“Oh, Fela, do you see yourself?” I asked. Fela would still be alive if he had been a conventional man. I’ll tell you something about him that you may not be aware of: all of Fela’s girlfriends were involved with other guys.
“Fela didn’t keep his girlfriends to himself. He thought that since he could have sex with any woman, the women could meet other guys as well. They were prohibited from bringing the men to his home by his law.
“HIV was brought home to my father by his women because he doesn’t go out to sleep with other women.” No one is flawless. Everyone makes errors. However, Fela is a man who supports mankind.
