“I don’t go to church. Na juju me I dey do.”- Seun Kuti Declares

– Seun Kuti

By Adeola Idris

Son of late Afrobeat creator, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Seun Kuti has asserted that his family started the Anglican Church in Nigeria.

Metropolix Online found out that Kuti’s great-grandfather and grandfather, Josiah Ransome-Kuti and Reverend Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti, respectively, were ministers in the Anglican church in the Nigerian colonial era.

The Grammy nominee, however, noted that despite his family’s role in promoting Christianity in Nigeria, he does not practice the religion but is a worshipper of ‘Juju’ instead.

Speaking in the latest episode of the Spill With Phyna podcast, Kuti advised other Africans to embrace African traditional religions and return to them..

He said, “It was my family that started Anglican side of Christianity in this country, if you look back at it. We are among the pioneers. So, we’ve been there, we’ve done that and we’ve moved on. And we hope Africans can follow suit.

“I don’t go to church. Na juju me I dey do.”