Umuziki
we w’akataraboneka, ubutumwa bwe buhamye, n’imbaraga ze mu guharanira ukuri mu
mateka y’Afurika byatumye Fela Kuti nibyo bigiye gutuma aba umunyafurika wa
mbere uhawe igihembo cya Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously.
Abakunzi
be ku isi bamwita “Umwami wa Afrobeat”, kandi ubu isi yose iramwubaha ku rwego
rw’ikirenga. Nyuma y’imyaka igera ku 28 apfuye afite imyaka 58, abategura Grammy
bemeje ko umurage wa Fela Kuti uhamye bihagije kugira ngo uhabwe igihembo
cy’icyubahiro ku buzima bw’umuhanzi.
BBC
isubiramo amagambo ya Seun Kuti, umuhungu wa Fela, agira ati "Fela yari mu
mitima y’abantu igihe kirekire. Ubu Grammy yarabyemeye, kandi ni intsinzi
ebyiri ku giti cye. Bitanga uburinganire mu nkuru ya Fela."
Rikki
Stein, inshuti magara n’umucungamutungo wa Fela, yavuze ko ibi ari “byiza
gutinda gato ariko birashimishije.” Yongeyeho ko Afurika itigeze yitabwaho
cyane mu bihembo bya Grammy mu bihe byashize, ariko ko ibintu biri guhinduka.
Fela
Kuti ni umwe mu batangije Afrobeat, umuziki watewe inkunga n’imiziki gakondo yo
muri Afurika y’Uburengerazuba, jazz, funk, n’indirimbo z’ubutumwa bw’imibereho
n’ubutegetsi.
Yakoranye
na Tony Allen, umucuranzi w’ingoma, kandi ashyiraho uburyo bwihariye bwo guhuriza
hamwe umuziki n’umwimerere wawo.
Mu
buzima bwe bw’umuziki, Fela yasohoye Album zirenga 50, akora imiziki ihuza
ubutumwa bw’imibereho, imiririmbire y’abaturage, n’ibindi.
Fela
yari umunyapolitiki, umuhanga mu muco, n’umuhanga mu ndirimbo z’ubutumwa, kandi
yavugaga ku bibazo bya politiki, ruswa, n’imiyoborere mibi.
Mu
1978, yashatse abagore 27 mu birori byagaragajwe cyane, bifasha mu guhuza
umuryango wa Kalakuta Republic n’abo bakorana mu muco n’umuziki.
Fela
yahuye n’ibihe bikomeye birimo gufungwa, gukubitwa, no kwicishwa inzara
n’inzego z’umutekano, ariko ibyo byose byamuhaye imbaraga zo gukomera.
Rikki
Stein yagize ati "Ntiyakoraga ibi byose kugira ngo atsindire ibihembo.
Icyo yitagaho ni ugufasha abantu kugira ubwigenge mu bitekerezo."
Afrobeat
ni umuziki uhuriza hamwe umuziki wa Nigeria n’uwa Ghana, ukanasiga umurage mu
bahanzi b’iki gihe nka Burna Boy, Kendrick Lamar na Sir Idris Elba.
Ku
rubyiniro, Fela yari ikimenyetso cyihariye. Kenshi yabaga atambaye imyenda ku
gice kimwe cy’umubiri, afite Afro y’imisatsi ye, saxophone mu ntoki, akayobora
itsinda ry’abanyamuziki barenga 20.
Igishushanyo
cye n’ukuntu yambaraga cyashushanyijwe n’umuhanzi Lemi Ghariokwu, wakoze kopi 26
za Album ze hagati ya 1974 na 1993. Ghariokwu avuga ko umurage wa Fela ukura
umunsi ku munsi.
Seun
Kuti, inshuti n’abavandimwe ba Fela bazitabira ibi birori bya Grammy kugirango
bahabwe igihembo cya Lifetime Achievement.
Stein
avuga ko ari ngombwa ko Fela yibukwa nk’umuntu wagiye aharanira abo bantu
batagize amahirwe, ukanaharanira guca akarengane muri sosiyete.
Fela Kuti ntiyabaye gusa umuhanzi, ahubwo yari umuyobozi, umunyapolitiki, n’umuhanga mu muco, kandi ibikorwa bye bizahora bizwi nk’urugero rufatika ku bahanzi n’abakunzi b’umuco muri Afurika n’isi yose.
Umuryango
wa Fela Kuti uzashyikirizwa igihembo cya Grammy Lifetime Achievement nk’ikimenyetso
cy’uko umurage we utazigera ucika, kandi ko Afrobeat n’ibitekerezo bye
bizakomeza guhumuriza no guhugura abakunzi b’umuziki ku isi yose