Nigerian afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti, has said he would
love to be cremated when he dies.
Cremation is the process of reducing a dead body to mostly
tiny bits of bone resembling ash that involves exposing the body to flame and
intense heat followed by pulverization of bone fragments.
The 59-year-old entertainer said this during a performance
at the New Afrika Shrine on Sunday.
Kuti said he wants the funeral attended by close friends and
family members without a loud burial ceremony.
He said: “When I die, please cremate me, burn my body. It’s
the most hygienic way.”
Femi wondered what happens to corpses at cemeteries, adding
that the cemeteries in Lagos are not filled up.
“Have you thought about Ikoyi cemetery? This Lagos has been
in existence for let’s just say 60 years and people die; if they don’t die
today, they die tomorrow and that burial ground has never been full.
“And if you check it, it’s not like it’s one million acres
since I was little when we used to bury people there,” Kuti said.
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