Although many have criticised him for a lifestyle of immorality and for popularizing the demand for marijuana, his message, like late American reggae maestro, Bob Marley, far outweighs the nodal tensions of his lifestyle. Today, Fela will be turning in his grave observing Nigeria’s political chemistry and all the items of experiment. From the great beyond, he will be shocked to see the present crop of youths who are stripped of the natural impetus to reasonable thinking and as a result have collectively become the Mr. Follow Follow character in his celebrated track by that name. In this essay, Fela’s musical track Mr. Follow Follow shall be used as a metaphor to interrogate Nigeria’s political reality.
Presently, it is apparent that Nigerian youths have become Mr. Follow Follow whose minds and thinking processes have been recolonized by inexplicable, elemental by-ways which find expressions in political idiocy. To be certain, Fela’s conception of Mr. Follow Follow…
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