A legend’s son rises to his own acclaim

Femi Kuti speaks like one of his many saxophone solos  hands aflutter, voice rising quickly before a steep fall and hitting disparate pitches. “I already believe we are already in a state of anarchy. But Nigerians are very resilient and are always praying and we want Jesus Christ to come down from heaven and change Nigeria for us. We are ready to wait,” the Afrobeat musician said.
He adds: “It’s boiling, slowly but surely. And if the government doesn’t quickly change … violence could start at any time.”
The driving rhythms of Kuti’s message follow that of his famous father, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, who created the synthesis of pop and jazz fueling Afrobeat and served as one of the staunchest critics of military rule in oil-rich Nigeria. Now the focus of a Broadway musical, Fela’s mysticism and sexual exploits are reaching a new audience.
But Femi Kuti, 48, learned from the excesses of his flawed rebel father. A two-time Grammy nominee, Kuti found his own voice amid the growing noise in a Nigeria where freedom of speech exists like never before in his lifetime  as well as a sustained commercial and worldwide following.
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