03/17/2025
Fela, Burna Boy, Asake, Mohbad
Nigeria’s Social Media
Culture of Vilification
It seems that Nigeria’s social media glow at making those who impact our lives excitedly, villains, and erupt with worships of those who make our daily living and existence miserable, our corrupt leaders and politicians.
Not so long ago, social media content makers accused late Afrobeat creator, Fela Anikulapo KUTI of child molestation and R**e. Even in death. Their stupid reasoning was that Fela accommodated young female dancers, singers whom he allegedly sexually molested too. The crazy part of the accusations and allegations is that most of these Gen Z posters never had the privilege of seeing, meeting, or knowing Fela Anikulapo KUTI. Perhaps, they barely listened to his music and messages.
Just before that nonsense died down, the same Gen Z triggered a stupid social media narratives about its generation’s Afrobeats superstar, Burna Boy, that his mother was a flirtatious and seductive dancer for Fela, and she allegedly slept with the late Afrobeat music creator and legend.
Now this:
It’s been almost two years since young affable Afrobeats sensation, Mohbad, died in strange circumstances. His father continues to be ignorant with his rantings, emotionally unstable on social media and everywhere else, instead of quietly giving his late son a dignified burial. It seems he has abandoned Mohbad’s remains at the mortuary as he continues his social media tour nuisance, stupid and silly with his public utterances, thus, rubbishing the sacred soul of his dead son, constantly attacking his late son’s wife and his grandson.
It is too soon a season.
Just last week, Asake’s father told the world that his internationally acclaimed music success son had abandoned him in his hours of need. Nigeria’s social media in search of controversies quickly pounced on the accusations and began to devour Asake like a hungry vulture in the harmattan season at the Serengeti.
Again, Nigeria’s irresponsible, quick to judge social media content scavengers began to take sides, mostly in favor of Asake’s dad!
Biko tell me how you would feel if you were in the place of these creative and successful men?
Sadly between Asake and Mohbad’s fathers are two neo traditionalists of an enchanting Yoruba culture. But does that cherished culture empower the Fathers to rubbish their children’s characters publicly? Where lies decency of fatherhood? So it is African culture for the father to use social media to tell the world that his successful son never cared about his welfare. And we all, because our African culture unequivocally mandates that we must take care of our aging parents, swallow the diatribe and blame the son. Did you for a moment paused and asked why would a son not be bothered by his father’s care? Father said he raised his son? But how did he raise his son? Did he leave him with psychological scars. How did he treat his son when he raised him?Shebi una don win?
Instead of una to blame a failed Nigerian government for lack of organized health and retirement schemes and benefits for aged citizens, una sidon Dey look up to an out of touch and outdated African culture that na hard working son who is trying to secure his retirement years, to abandon that and come look after his dad. Is it African or Nigerian to cry out loudest on soshamidia with his complaints that his son abandoned him? Did Asake cause his health challenges? Which African culture encourages us to take our family disputes, dissatisfaction and complaints to the world stage. Nigeria, ronu o. May Fela and Mohbad’s soul continue to rest in grace!
AzukaJebose
