Close to two million people trekked 28 kilometres in 7.2 hours from Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos Island to Fela’s home at Gbemisola Street, Ikeja, that’s like driving at 4km/hr on a Lagos road.
Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Abami Eda, Omo Eleniyan, was the voice of the tired and trampled, a clenched fist and a voice raised in defiance.
Everyone is looking for the deepness in This is America and it’s like a gold hunt, down to the drag-in-the-mud parts. But maybe I’m not woke enough, maybe I got stuck at the shallow end of all the deepness that abounds now, because all the questions I’ve got about the video are way out of the range of the symbolism and deep meanings that seems to be the majority concern.
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