SACRED sister Marquita Garcia, just thinking of you.... Hope you like this music by Fela Kuti, one of those sacred beings who will never be dead in my world. LOVE TO YOU ALWAYS. LOVE TO ALL ALWAYS. This extract is from BBC NEWS WORLD AFRICA NIGERIAN POLITICS AND RELIGION Title: COFFIN FOR HEAD OF STATE Written: 1981 ... Anywhere the Muslims dem dey reign Na senior Al-haji na im be director Anywhere the Christians dem dey reign Na the best friend to Bishop na im be director Barbicans Black President: The art and legacy of Fela Kuti poster [Barbican] Fela Kuti was known as the peoples president Look Obasanjo, Before anything you know at all, He go dey shout Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh Lord, Oh mighty Lord, Oh Lord, Oh God And den dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things Through Jesus Christ our Lord I say look YarAdua I say look YarAdua Before anything you know at all He go dey shout Haba Allah, haba Allah, haba Allah, haba Allah, haba Allah And den dey do bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad-bad things Through Mohammed our Lord... Then and now: Coffin for Head of State criticises hypocritical leaders who hide behind their religions to commit atrocities against the people they lead. Fela recalls the 1979 attack on his compound by soldiers acting on the orders of former President Olusegun Obasanjo who was military head of state at the time. Shehu YarAdua, elder brother of the current Nigerian president, Umaru YarAdua, was Mr Obasanjos deputy. Felas mother, a government worker, died in the attack and the singer and his Movement of the People group carried her mock coffin to Dodan Barracks, Lagos - seat of the military government - and left it at the gates. Although Fela did this song almost 30 years ago, some of the same people who were in government then are still in charge of affairs in Nigeria today. But military rule ended with Mr Obasanjos election in 1999 as Nigerias first democratically elected president after about 15 years of unbroken military rule. Mr YarAdua succeeded him in May
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