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CityMirrorNews Today In History: A Look At How Fela Anikulapo Kuti Married 27 Wives In A Day
In 1977,Afrobeat musician, Fela Kuti married 27 of his backup dancers in one day.
Fela had asked all the ladies in his band if they wanted to marry him and 27 of them agreed.
Then on February 20,1978,Fela called 12 traditional priests who presided over the wedding ceremony which took place at a hotel in Lagos. After the wedding, he took all his 27 Wives to Ghana for their honeymoon.
However, eight years later in 1986,he divorced all of them with the claim that “Marriage brings jealousy and selfishness”.
Fela Kuti was later reportedly died from complications related to HIV/AIDS on August 2,1997.
What do we seem to learn from this lifestyle? Your comments pls…
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