{"id":135649,"date":"2024-10-26T12:19:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T11:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/first-liberate-yourself-from-your-hijab-seun-kuti-slams-aisha-yesufu-for-advocating-womens-freedom"},"modified":"2024-10-26T13:31:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T12:31:47","slug":"first-liberate-yourself-from-your-hijab-seun-kuti-slams-aisha-yesufu-for-advocating-womens-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/first-liberate-yourself-from-your-hijab-seun-kuti-slams-aisha-yesufu-for-advocating-womens-freedom","title":{"rendered":"\u2018First liberate yourself from your Hijab\u2019 \u2013 Seun Kuti slams Aisha Yesufu for advocating women\u2019s freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Popular Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has slammed the convener of Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Aisha Yesufu, over her advocacy for women\u2019s liberation.<\/p>\n<p>Kuti blasted the activist while recounting how he disagreed with her stance on women\u2019s freedom during a TV show.<\/p>\n<p>Condemning Yesufu for advocating for the liberation of Nigerian women while putting on Hijab, the musician argued that embracing Islamic or Christian practices leads to abandoning African identity.<\/p>\n<p>Seun in a post on his official page said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the Africanness in us that is helping your European behaviour. That is why Aisha Yesufu and I engaged in an argument on TV, she wan dey talk anyhow, and I told her father off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce you are a Christian or Muslim, you have abandoned Africanness. That one tied hijab saying she wanted to liberate Nigerian women. M**herf**ker liberates yourself from your Hijab first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Popular Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti, has slammed the convener of Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Aisha Yesufu, over her advocacy for women\u2019s liberation. Kuti blasted the activist while recounting how he disagreed with her stance on women\u2019s freedom during a TV show. 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