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@blogamf@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 9 months ago

47 years ago today, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti died from injuries sustained the previous year, when Nigerian soldiers threw her out of a second-floor window during a raid on her son Fela’s home.

The feminist and revolutionary community organiser was 77 years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funmilayo_Ransome-Kuti

Listen to: Coffin For Head of State https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-coffin-head-state/

#Nigeria #FelaKuti #70sMusic

Front page of the Nigerian newspaper "The Punch"

How they burnt my son's house, by Fela's Mum

Mrs. Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti (on LUTH sick-bed) gives eye-witness account of last Friday — happening at “Kalakuta Republic’’ in an interview / with Tayo Kehinde, our News Editor.

with black & white photos
Front page of the Nigerian newspaper "The Punch" How they burnt my son's house, by Fela's Mum Mrs. Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti (on LUTH sick-bed) gives eye-witness account of last Friday — happening at “Kalakuta Republic’’ in an interview / with Tayo Kehinde, our News Editor. with black & white photos
Front page of the Nigerian newspaper "The Punch" How they burnt my son's house, by Fela's Mum Mrs. Funmilayo Anikulapo-Kuti (on LUTH sick-bed) gives eye-witness account of last Friday — happening at “Kalakuta Republic’’ in an interview / with Tayo Kehinde, our News Editor. with black & white photos
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