Fela Kuti on Colonial mentality

Fela Kuti interview subtitled. I made this edit for my high school students in Los Angeles. I subtitled the video so that they would clearly understand what he is saying. I first heard Fela as a young teenager and learned a lot from his songs. In this song Fela is being Sarcastic of the Democracy (new Christianity) which Europeans (U.S.A) use to justify their continued colonialism just as they are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also changed the word F--- and narrowed the image as to not show the cigarette so that I can show it in school. Thank you for all you comments

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Education

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• Fela
• kuti
• fela
• alfred
• madain
• africa
• colonialism
• afrobeat
• revolution
• nigeria
• comparative

[DutcHcHinK]

I like the african culture much more then our white money mentality ... why we brought this to africa ...

[Thedarksecret1]

Sadly, the colonial mentality continues to exist today. Ask yourself where do middle/upper middle class non-white foreigners send their children for college? They send them to either Europe (especially Western Europe) or to North America. When these children receive their diplomas from these schools they are seen as closer to white and therefore superior. Hair straightener and skin bleaching products are at their all-time high worldwide (Asia, Africa, South America, etc).

[alexhfckr]

As a white man I can very much agree with Fela, however it's not only in Africa. The whole world has been colonized, for the benefit of the few.

DemoCrazy.

[THIERRYBAPTISTE]

We need more leaders like FELA

[EnterprisingWisemen]

don't get me wrong, I don't agree with the Empire States of America, but I feel the brits had more to do with the unjust colonization that started the struggle that the US has since gotten involved in.

[blackjackcarioca]

The fact is that, for years, nobody produced for himself. They produced to Europe. Now, we aren't allowed to get money by ourselfs, we have to get it from Europe or US while hundreds of people die, from Darfur to South Africa, from Ecuador to Cambodia. They die because white people wanted to. Because white people want them to work, buy and die, like sheeps. Once England, now US. Hugs from Brazil.

[tropicalpenpals]

interesting views and more relevant to over 30 years ago in the UK. At the same time todays colonalism is not white,black,asian its simply corporate. Believe in a sub culture based on racial hate as people love to be the victim at the end of the day the same corporations selling products in the West are supplying money and arms to Africa with the help of African leaders.

[whateverman181]

@Cuddlykale There is nothing wrong with having a formalized education system. Subject matters like art, literature, math, science are not eurocentric subjects!!! Those studies came out of Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Asia. Now the material today tends to be eurocentric and that needs to be done away with. But formalized education...no. Plus Fela has some jacked up views about women and if you are not supporting your women then how can achieve unity and democracy??

[santanaincubus]

Afrika man! Original

[aquino2789]

*not a cigarette, it's a joint ;)

thumbs up for pot

[leach157]

@ebeledi

You are very right.

They did not bring anything good to us. Just as Fela said that in England he realized that white people don't like us. It's the same with me as before I came to europe, I didn't know what were racism, discrimination, and prejudice. Nothing good ever come out of white people except evil, wickedness, greedy, deceit, and etc. Their hearts are darker than coal and colder than ice. They are devils in human shape and form.

[Cuddlykale]

As a keen follower of Fela, the us he meant there was not regarding African people. He was actually referring to the educational system that was in place when he was going to school as a young man.

There is a whole body of knowledge known to Africans outside the Eurocentric educational system. You have to go for a ''detox'' and learn about african knowledge and culture if you have gone through the educational system in place.