Veteran art illustrator, Lemi Ghariokwu, an art illustrator who designed Fela‘s album covers spoke with NET TV in an exclusive interview, on how he met Fela and how the Afrobeat legend inspired him.
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Lemi is a self-taught artist who met Fela at the age of 18. In all, he designed 26 album covers for the Afrobeat legend.
He talked about Fela’s lifestyle, music, belief, legend’s activism and also his usual face-off with the government.
Lemi said he believes things would have turned out differently if Fela was one who could compromise.
Watch full interview here –