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Femi Kuti - Musician and Activist

09/07/2012 GMT

BBC World Service - HARDtalk, Femi Kuti - Musician and Activist

Zeinab Badawi talks to musician and activist Femi Kuti, son of the legendary Fela Kuti.

Zeinab Badawi talks to musician Femi Kuti, son of the late, legendary musician Fela Kuti. Femi Kuti has been outspoken in his criticism of Nigeria's government; we ask if he is being too negative.

Zeinab Badawi talks to the musician and political activist Femi Kuti, son of the late, legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. 

As Africa's most populous nation and one of its biggest oil producers, Nigeria is a giant on the African stage. But in terms of prosperity it has never fulfilled the expectations of its people.

Femi Kuti is a constant thorn in the side of the Nigerian authorities and uses his songs to criticise government and speak up on behalf of the poor and dispossessed. 

But with fantastic rates of growth in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa, is Femi Kuti being overly pessimistic about Nigeria's prospects?

(Image: Femi Kuti performs on the stage in 2008. Credit: Stephane de Sakutin / AFP / Getty Images)

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