‘Zombie’, a song by Fela Kuti, late Afrobeat legend, was
used as a prelude at the first campaign of Joe Biden, US presidential
candidate, and Kamala Harris, his running mate.
The track, which was from Fela’s 1977 studio album, set the
tone for the much-awaited event on Wednesday at Delaware, a small mid-atlantic
US state.
Biden, a presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, had
on Tuesday named Harris, a senator from California, as his running mate.
The nomination of the first-term senator, who earlier sought
the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket, had come after her own White House
campaign ended.
She is the first black woman to compete on a major party’s
presidential ticket in US history.
Biden had taken to his social media page to inform his
supporters of his first joint appearance with Harris after her nomination.
“This afternoon, @KamalaHarris and I will be speaking
together for the first time since yesterday’s big announcement. Tune in,” the
presidential candidate had written on Twitter.
This afternoon, @KamalaHarris and I will be speaking together for the first time since yesterday’s big announcement. Tune in: https://t.co/xoRbSqGta8
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 12, 2020
Biden and Harris will be seeking
to dislodge Donald Trump, the incumbent president and Republican candidate, who
is also vying for second term, at the forthcoming election billed for November
3, 2020.
In the album, Fela criticised the
military government that held sway then, condemning its handling of civilians —
a concept he described using the metaphor zombie.
The project had stirred heated
controversies, with the government at that time launching an attack against the
Kalakuta Republic — a commune established by the legendary singer.
Several soldiers were said to
have burnt the edifice and wounded Fela in the process.
Fela breathed his last on August 2, 1997, at 58.
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