Seun Kuti is working on a new album titled “Black Times.” It is partly inspired by the politics and corruption of Nigeria, from the past, down to the present.
“For me, I think this is a message for humanity, not only for young people to rise-up for humanity, to stand on the side of humanity. Like this whole trump brouhaha, Trump said this, Trump said that is just salty liberals. This is the way elites behave. They hate to lose anything,” Seun told Intercept in an interview.”
“Black Times” will be released in March 2018, and muc of its message is targeted at the poor people of the world.
“Well, for me it’s not only young people, I think it’s directed at the poor and working class people of the world,” Seun explains. “Listen to any head of state, any big-time leader in this world use the word “poor people.” They don’t say poor people anymore. They are completely erased out, because nobody lobbies for them, and there’s no representation whatsoever for the poor.”
Seun Kuti, a vocal critic of Nigerian leaders, the US, and its transnational companies who drill for oil and protect their interests with the collusion of the rulers.
“I think the problem that the Western media has Donald Trump is that he’s unmasking the system,” Kuti said on a podcast. “You know? He’s unveiling the system for what it really is, and they don’t like that, because the Western system of global white domination depends a lot on plausible deniability, and Trump, in his ignorance, is erasing that.
“The fact that Trump sees Africa as a shithole country is no different than — it’s nothing. Because words don’t hurt me, you know? I mean, I’m too tough for words to prick.
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