"My Father Has 27 Wives And Over 100 Girlfriends Living With Us. As A Powerful Man". Seun Kuti says as he opines that Monogamy doesn’t work and will not work with us Africans.
Seun Kuti argues that monogamy isn't suited for Africans, highlighting his father Fela's lifestyle: "As a powerful man, you need the support of numerous powerful goddesses—women placed in your life by the ancestors. People only know of Fela’s 27 wives, not the over 100 girlfriends who also lived with us."
“As a powerful man,you must have the support of numerous powerful goddeses, you know wómen that are in your life because the ancestors want to put them there, you share with them as you share with your wife.
“People only know of Fela’s 27 wives, they don’t know of his over 100 girlfriends that also live with us in the house.”