On February 20, 1978 African music legend and Afrobeat creator Fela Anikulapo Kuti married 27 women on the same day all of whom were his back up dancers.

History has it tha Fela was able to pull off the feat by putting out a notebook and asking any of the girls who were willing to marry him to write down their names and instantly 27 of them did.

And on February 20th, Fela called Ifa priests (reportedly 12) to join the wives in holy matrimony at the Parisona Hotel in Anthony, Lagos. A handful of the wives married against their parents consent but the wedding ceremony went on nonetheless.

The event was joined by band members, friends and family. Fela placed naira notes on their heads, offered a few words and dished around marriage certificates. He would then engage in a rotating system of having just 12 of them live with him at a particular time. When he first married, he had sex with one, then another, then another till the 27 were complete and then he took them all to Ghana for the honeymoon shortly after.

Another reason why the marriage held was to protect Fela, and his wives, from claims from authorities that Fela was kidnapping the women.

Below is a list of all 27 women;
1. Fehintola Kayode (Seun’s Mum)
2. Damiregba (Naijite, Motun’s Mum)
3. Keuwe Oghomienor (Kewe)
4. Folake Oladeinde (Alake)
5. Folake Oladejo
6. Ronke Edason
7. Laide
8. Emaruagheru Osawe
9. Ihase
10. Shade Shodeinde
11. Suru Eriomola
12. Tejumade Adebiyi
13. Omolola Osaeti
14. Tokunbo Akran
15. Ronke (another one)
16. Adejonwo
17. Lamiley
18. Funmilayo
19. Adunni
20. Remilekun
21. Kikelomo
22. Lara
23. Bose

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Abami

This man shina is Legendary.

Prick no get shoulder. (I don't know what that means but I feel it suites the topic)

baba for the girls,baba for the girls.

Na wa

So what will the night of the wedding be called?

Honey Moon Or Honey Solar System?

Na wa o

I book space only to find out that I don't have anything to say even as fela is the only legend I so much love his music.

I think I've finally said something

juss passing

Show us the day he bleeped them in one day

Promiscuous man.

HMMMMMM

Great man ,
If its buhari era EFCCwould have gone after him,
Hahaha

hope wizkid is seeing what I'm seeing

d guy try sha

tiri gbosa for felakuti.... gbosa gbosa gbosa .....



#FelaNation

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....

And he died of HIV lobatan.

bad guy

His manhood really had work to do

nice man there, I think...Fela Anikulapo Kuti was a God sent to humanity and he followed the bible injunction by clinching with twenty seven wives, so for them to be called Fela's name including Igbos and nymphomaniac flatinoes.

Fela was a prophet for his generation.

Haha the man try..

A strong man.........




Even in death. In Lasisi's voice



Are you maaaarrrrdddd?

Felaaaaaaaa

ABAMI EDA

The first wife seun's mum, OP is it nairaland seun

Afonjas and toto be like white rice and stew.
One can't do without the other.

There are only 23 names here out of the reported 27