Kalakuta home, in Ikeja, Lagos, 18 years after his
death. Photo by: Yagazie Emezi
Born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti on
15 October, 1938, Fela, who was a Nigerian multi-
instrumentalist, musician, composer, human rights
activist, and political maverick, was snatched-away
by the cold hands of death on 2 August 1997.
As family, friends and die-hard fans of the Afrobeat
maestro celebrate his 77th posthumous birthday,
today, Photographer, Yagazie Emezi, shares photo
of the preserved belongings in Fela's Kalakuta
home, Ikeja, Lagos, noting that it's exactly how he
left it before his demise.
