July 03, (THEWILL) – Femi Kuti, the eldest son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has stated that he and his siblings grew up as traumatised children after they saw their father being beaten by security operatives on numerous occasions.
Femi disclosed this when he appeared on a show on HipTV.
Speaking on the life of the late singer, Femi disclosed that he has no regret being his child despite the challenges that confronted him.
Femi said: “I would say I have no regret being his son. I can’t imagine being a son to anybody else. He has had his ups and downs of course.
“I always tell my elder sister that whether we like it or not we are traumatised children to see our father beaten so many times when we were young, in our very early teens.
“The first raid was in 1974 when he was brutally beaten, I was 12 then. This continued and he was locked up many so times before the burning of the house.”
Femi also stated that it is unfortunate that the country has yet to make meaningful progress leaving several of its citizens traumatised in the process.
“I know that we’re traumatised children and then of course the problem of Nigeria, I think we’re all traumatised in the country. Maybe we should call it a traumatised nation,” he added.
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