LADY - Fela ANIKULAPO KUTI & AFRICA 70

In the song “LADY” Fela criticised the use of White Western values and standards of feminine beauty in Africa. However to his detractors songs such as this are interpreted as anti-feminist or simply “macho”. To those who really knew him, he was never anti feminist as he was only saying African women have always made the decisions in African traditional homes, today’s African woman doesn’t need ‘feminist cause’ to be in-charge. Fela’s endorsement of polygamy is not anti feminist as polygamy is not unique w