Tour of Fela Kuti's House: the "Kalakuta Republic"

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Fela Kuti - arguably Nigeria's and Africa's greatest musician - lived and died in the now famous Kalakuta Republic. It's a building that has now been turned into a museum to honour Fela Kuti and keep his memory alive.

"Fela's spirit comes here once in a while," says Kunle Kuti, one of Fela's sons, who shows us around.

Inside the Kalakuta Republic are posters of some of Fela's most famous albums, including Zombie, Ikoyi Blindness, and many others. But, most importantly, Fela Kuti's room has been enshrined with many of his shirts and bed, just as he would have lived.

And then all of his shoes - "Fela's favourite colour was orange," says Kunle.

The original Kalakuta Republic building was attacked by the Nigerian military in 1977 under Obasanjo after Fela released his album Zombie - a song ridiculing the Nigerian military's rule. The soldiers burned the house, beat Fela and threw his mother through a window, giving her injuries from which she later died.

The house was refurbished and opened as a museum under Governor Fashola.
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