The Nigerian singer, Seun Kuti has opined that contrary to popular belief Lagos does not belong to the Yorubas. The Grammy-nominated artiste noted that the word ‘Lagos’ is coined from the Portuguese language.
In a series of Instagram posts he made on Tuesday, Seun argued that people who think Lagos is a “no man’s land or a Yoruba land are all wrong.”
According to him, Lagos is a “Portuguese world chaired by the Yoruba slavers.”
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The 40-year-old Icon, son of the legend Fela Kuti, has also asked those who disagrees with his viewpoint to explain why other cities like Ibadan and Osogbo don’t have European names also.
“Lagos is no man’s land– wrong, Lagos is Yoruba land– wrong again. Lagos is a European satellite slave port– correct! Lagos is a Portuguese world, it was called the slave coast,” he wrote.
“Everyone moved to Lagos to slave. All prominent Lagos elites are slavers, defend your masters all you want. Why Ibadan no get Portuguese name? What’s the French name of Osogbo? He who names it, owns it.
“Someone should go to the airport and say ‘give me a ticket to Eko’ and see what happens. Lagos is the official name.
“Why do you think only parents name children? Whoever named you is your owner in the existential sense. Without that person that named you, you can’t exist.
“You are living in a colonial matrix of European domination. If you don’t understand that at least, you can’t understand anything.”
Seun’s point of view comes at about the same time when Yul Edochie said it is “morally wrong to say Lagos is a no man’s land.”
According to him, “Lagos belongs to the Yorubas,”
He added that the notion that the commercial city belongs to no one is “invalid.”
