Eko Lagos

"Eko Lagos" is a song by Femi Kuti, son of the legendary Fela Kuti. The song is the eighth track from the 2001 album "Fight to Win".

Eko / Lagos

Eko is the indigenous name the natives called Lagos before Portuguese colonialists renamed it. This Eko is the focal-point of Femi's dream as he sings in this track. The Eko [Lagos] in his dream is presented as a new dawn in the world. A new dawn where there are no more relentless sufferings of a people. A peaceful world, where people are motivated with ideological dynamics driving them to do great things for their country. A world where there are significant changes in the way people live - where instability and strife are things of the past. Eko in a new era, without leadership that remains visionless, narrow-minded and corrupt. Femi suddenly woke up and found out that he was living a dream. Lagos, like the rest of the world, is still the same place where there is gross violation of people's inalienable rights, there is corruption and relentless sufferings of the people. He concludes by saying how important it would be to have a world like the Eko [Lagos] of his dream.

External links

* [http://www.femikuti.com/ Official Website]
* [http://mcarecords.com/ MCA Records]