{"id":11323,"date":"2020-01-12T22:44:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T22:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=6147"},"modified":"2020-01-12T22:44:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T22:44:39","slug":"inside-europe-interview-on-hospital-bed-i-was-the-longest-houseboy-to-fela-anikulapo-kuti-in-kalakuta-republic-oghene-kologbo-nigerias-afrobeat-superstar-says-i-witnessed-how-nigerian-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/inside-europe-interview-on-hospital-bed-i-was-the-longest-houseboy-to-fela-anikulapo-kuti-in-kalakuta-republic-oghene-kologbo-nigerias-afrobeat-superstar-says-i-witnessed-how-nigerian-s\/","title":{"rendered":"INSIDE EUROPE-INTERVIEW ON HOSPITAL BED: ‘I was the longest HOUSEBOY to Fela Anikulapo Kuti in Kalakuta Republic’-OGHENE KOLOGBO, Nigeria’s Afrobeat Superstar …Says: ‘I witnessed how Nigerian soldiers invaded Kalakuta Republic in February 1977, threw down Fela’s mother (Funmilayo) and burnt the entire place down’ * ‘Day Fela died was the worst moment of my life. I was in Germany, Berlin, Warsaw then filled with emptiness without knowing what else to do’ * ‘ I was the only musician in Kalakuta at that time that Fela will approach and sing to me what he wants me to play that will bring the best out of me’ * ‘Marijuana is only a natural weed that you can take from the tree right away and smoke. Fela call it NNG -Nigerian Natural Grass. I smoke it since it helps me against Hypertension’ * ‘I played 40 albums with Fela and the African 70 band-the greatest hits of all time’ * ‘I have been in Europe for 41 years from 1978 till now 2020 blasting Afrobeat tunes’ * ‘I knew Majek Fashek before he got lost in America but me Black Rice and George Owell are still standing on music stage’ * ‘I Rejected German Passport since I am proudly identify with my Nigerian nationality wherever I travel’ GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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INSIDE\nEUROPE-INTERVIEW ON HOSPITAL BED:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘I\nwas the longest HOUSEBOY to Fela Anikulapo Kuti in Kalakuta\nRepublic’-OGHENE\nKOLOGBO, Nigeria’s Afrobeat Superstar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…Says:\n‘I witnessed how Nigerian\nsoldiers invaded Kalakuta Republic in February 1977, threw down\nFela’s mother (Funmilayo) and burnt the entire place down’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\n‘Day Fela died was the worst moment of my life. I was in Germany,\nBerlin, Warsaw then filled with emptiness without knowing what else\nto do’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\n‘ I was the only musician in Kalakuta at that time that Fela will\napproach and sing to me what he wants me to play that will bring\nthe best out of me’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\n‘Marijuana is only a natural weed that you can take from the tree\nright away and smoke. Fela call it NNG -Nigerian Natural Grass. I\nsmoke it since it helps me against\nHypertension’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\n‘I played 40 albums with Fela and the African 70 band-the greatest\nhits of all time’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\n‘I have been in\nEurope for 41 years from 1978 till now 2020 blasting Afrobeat tunes’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\n‘I knew Majek Fashek before\nhe got lost\nin America but me Black Rice and George Owell are still standing on\nmusic stage’<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*\n‘I Rejected German Passport since I am proudly identify with my\nNigerian nationality wherever I travel’ <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HE\nMEANS ONE THING TO EVERYONE ALL OVER THE WORLD. In Africa, Europe,\nAsia and United States of America, OGHENE\nKOLOGBO, presently recuperating from an auto-crash while on his\nAnnual World Music Road Tour granted this rare interview on his\nhospital bed with GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief,\nNaija Standard Newspaper regarding his relationship with ‘Abami-Eda’,\nunforgettable moment with his biological father over guitar, how he\nwitnessed the invasion of Kalakuta Republic by Nigerian soldiers and\nso much more…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naija\nStandard Newspaper: How\ndid you meet Fela Anikulapo Kuti?\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\nmeet Fela Kuti in Ghana – 1971 \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Naija\nStandard Newspaper: Was\nit true you were Fela Kuti longest -serving houseboy decades ago? <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes\nI was Fela Kuti’s houseboy\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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