Afrobeat star Made Kuti has shared his thoughts after a troll attacked his marriage to Inedoye Onyenso, criticizing him for marrying outside his ethnic group.
The hateful message, posted online, labeled him a “foolish Yoruba man” for marrying an Igbo woman.
Instead of reacting with anger, Made took a different approach—he expressed pity for the individual and used the moment to preach unity. He reminded people that Africa’s greatest leaders fought for a continent built on love, culture, and collective growth, not division.
He explained that tribal superiority or inferiority is a mindset born out of slavery and colonial miseducation. According to him, true freedom comes from knowledge and self-enlightenment.
“When I saw this post, I didn’t feel angry—I just felt pity,” he wrote, before urging people to read and learn from the works of leaders like Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Fela Kuti, and Thomas Sankara. He believes only through education and love can Africans break free from the chains of tribalism.
Made and Inedoye tied the knot in a private civil wedding in Lagos in November 2023. Their love story is one that goes way back to high school, where he was once her “school father,” before life brought them back together years later.
For him, love is bigger than tribal lines—and his message was clear: free your mind, embrace unity, and build the Africa our leaders once dreamed of. ❤️
