What My Father Fela Did to Unfortunate Teacher That Flogged Me - Seun Kuti

Not too long ago, there was a video which went viral in which a school teacher by the name of Stella Nwadigo slapped a young child across the head multiple times while educating the boy. The graphic video caused nationwide frenzy and the teacher doing the slapping, Stella Nwadigo, has been arrested following the video's virality.

Now, in a new video posted on his social media, musician Seun Kuti who is also the son of Afrobeats legend Fela Kuti is opening up about the flogging ordeal and sharing the story of how his own father handled discipline of his children in school and at home. He also shares how his father Fela responded when a teacher beat him, despite clear orders from Fela for teacher not to beat any of his children. Here's what Seun Kuti had to say.

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Taking to social media to share his thoughts, Seun Kuti said in a video:

SEUN KUTI: As a product of the Nigerian educational system, I was beaten in school then.

That is what I love my father for. When I was about to enter school, on every first day, my father gave me a letter directed to the headmistress for primary and the principal for secondary.

He told the teachers or school authorities to report me to him and not touch or flog me in school if I did anything wrong. Fela would say: ‘I’d punish and deal with him myself instead’.

One day, one of the teachers flogged me, and I didn’t like the teacher in question. The speed at which I reported the case to my father was so fast. What that teacher went through at the hands of my father… hmm.

That’s why I don’t understand the actions of some parents today. I always say that to beat your child is unAfrican. I know many of us are used to what we watch, and we are trained to think that it’s normal to beat your child.

It’s a lie. It stems from Africans being beaten in colonisation. Under whose authority is what we should be investigating today.

What do you think about Seun Kuti's story and about what Fela did?

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