Veteran Nigerian singer, Onyeka Onwenu has revealed that
Music legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti approached her for marriage in the eighties.
Onyeka revealed this in her new autobiography, titled My
Father’s Daughter.
She, however, said she rejected Fela’s proposal during her
visit to his club because of his other wives.
According to her, she is a possessive lover and did not
understand Fela’s love for women.
Narrating how Fela proposed marriage, Onyeka wrote: “The
second time I saw Fela was in 1984, a few years after I had returned from the
United States. He had just been released from jail.
“He was arrested for attempting to travel with his band for
a gig in London with the sum of 1,600 pounds for their hotel accommodation. At
the time, carrying any amount of foreign currency was against one of the many
decrees promulgated by the Buhari/Idiagbon military junta.
“After he was released from prison, Fela sent a mutual
friend, the journalist Onuorah Udenwa who is now a US-based pastor, to bring me
to his club. I thought that he probably wanted to thank me for speaking up for
him, but that was not it.
“He never even mentioned the article I had written in
solidarity with him. Fela wanted to marry me, and I was flattered. I thanked
him for the honour of wanting me to become his consort, but I turned him down
all the same.”
The music legend added that while she waited at the club to
see him, she noticed that his Queen (dancer-wives) had been looking at her with
scorn.
“They passed by often, whispering comments about me. They
were downright hostile and quite obvious about it.
“I pointed this out to him and told him that I was a
possessive lover and would not be able to cope as an appendage to his harem but
Fela laughed.”
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