# Death in My Pouch (Episode 10, Audio Only) | Fela Kuti: Fear No Man

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“I have death in my pouch. I can't die.”

In this gripping chapter of Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, we follow the unraveling of one of the most mythic figures in modern music. Through intimate accounts, rare archival reporting, and firsthand interviews, this episode traces how Fela's aura of immortality collided with the brutal realities of political violence, spiritual obsession, loss, illness, and legacy.

We walk through the three devastating blows that shattered the illusion of invincibility he once carried: 🔥 The 1977 burning of Kalakuta — soldiers attack, his mother is thrown from a window, his home destroyed, and his body brutalized. 💔 The death of his mother, a seismic loss that sparks Fela’s descent into spiritualism and disillusionment. ⚡ His final illness, his refusal of Western medicine, and the shattering revelation of AIDS at a time of deadly stigma.

Along the way, we hear from: — His children Yeni, Femi, and Seun Kuti — Scholars, bandmates, and friends — Historians who place Fela’s life inside Nigeria’s political, cultural, and spiritual moment — Eyewitnesses to the legendary funeral where 1–2 million people flooded Lagos, proving that history had not passed Fela by.

This episode dives deep into: ✨ The myth of immortality and the making of messianic figures ✨ The spiritualism era — Professor Hindu, séances, illusions, and unraveling mental health ✨ The AIDS crisis in 1990s Nigeria and the role of stigma ✨ The meaning of legacy — and how Fela’s music became “the weapon of the future” ✨ How a nation mourned a revolutionary, and how the people reclaimed him at death

This is one of the most emotional, complex, and revealing portraits ever told of Fela Anikulapo Kuti — artist, rebel, father, visionary, and human.

About Fela Kuti: Fear No Man:

From Higher Ground Audio and Audible Originals comes an epic new documentary podcast from Jad Abumrad, creator of Radiolab and Dolly Parton’s America.

In a world on fire, what can art do? Fela Kuti: Fear No Man…

- What it is: Full episode
- Series: [Fela Kuti: Fear No Man](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/library/rights-holders/series/8080eaaa345a)
- Previous episode: [Things Will Collide (Episode 9, Audio Only) | Fela Kuti: Fear No Man](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/rights-holders/wVTKpsBZZZk)
- Next episode: [Endless Returns (Episode 11, Audio Only) | Fela Kuti: Fear No Man](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/rights-holders/uFlNCLgDCxA)
- Length: 45 min
- Rights holder: [HIGHER GROUND PRODUCTIONS](https://highergroundmedia.com/) (its site links the channel: https://highergroundmedia.com/)
- Channel: [Higher Ground Productions](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxUOhdgY4jC294vi7i4EVg)
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- Who can watch here: Adult profiles and older (no rating is recorded on YouTube, so adults only)
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