Seun Kuti: Carrying the Fela Kuti Afrobeat torch – The Africa Report

Two hours later, I sit with him inside the Kalakuta Museum, Fela Kuti’s former home, situated in the heart of the ever-busy Allen Avenue in Lagos. The building houses Fela’s personal belongings and artefacts.

Giant footsteps

I ask Seun what inspires his lyrics. Those lyrics.

“My songs are mostly inspired by my spiritual connection to my environment, and also by my political awareness. Those are the two main sources for the things I write,” he says.

He quickly adds that Giant of Africa is one of the two songs on…