Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Kuti’s brother and a well-known AIDS campaigner and former minister of health, revealed that Kuti had passed away the day before from problems related to AIDS on August 3, 1997.
As an AIDS denier, Kuti’s wife insisted that he did not pass away from the disease. Seun, his youngest son, assumed leadership of Egypt 80, Kuti’s previous band. The group is still going strong as of 2022, putting out music as Seun Kuti & Egypt 80.
Fela Kuti’s cause of death: How did Fela Kuti die?
The king of Afrobeat allegedly has HIV/AIDS, according to one of them. Fela never trusted Western medicine while he was still alive. If he happened to get sick, he was more inclined to use traditional African medical practices and drugs than Western diagnostic procedures and drugs.
Including the 27 women he had as his wives, Fela had personal encounters with a staggering number of women closer to the end of his life. According to reports, he said that HIV was a “disease of white guys” and rejected its existence. He also had a very poor view of condoms, saying they had nothing to do with Africa.
Nearer the time of his passing, Fela Kuti began to exhibit the distinctive skin lesions that AIDS patients get. Because the immune system is unable to combat infections and the body is no longer able to rebuild tissues, these wounds can result from even minor skin injuries.
