International Theif Thief Thief Essay

The ‘International Thief Thief” is a song written by Afrobeat Fela Kuti who was born in the upper middle class. This song view a challenge people faced in Moshood Abiola. The I.T.T. song is a deliberate attack on the corrupt leadership of the country and the fight against dictatorship and colonialism like mentioned in class. He uses hard to beat and powerful, strong lyrics with the aim of reflecting manipulation of African people, and the struggles of African economies to overseas capitalist exaltations of the continent. It also criticizes the heads of companies and corporations, specifically the men in power, and the individuals who take advantage of the output of the African soil. Moreover, he highlights those men in the power associate evil deeds with exploitation and slavery of the black people.
He comes from a family with strong beliefs such as his mother being part of a feminist activist in the US. Alongside with his father having had a major contribution towards the Black Panther Party. This of course brings a lot of his influences in strong political meaning behind them in his song writing skills. He makes a clear message that during the worst dictatorship in the country caused by controversial political affairs financed the coup against Salvador Allende in Chile of 1973, it represents the exploitation of the African people, and clearly showed the anger Kuti had. Fela links the evil deeds of I.T.T to slavery and exploitation of the African people and the African land- a clear link to colonialism can be made here. This was a song with strong message that can still be relevant to this