Femi Kuti Says He Wants To Be Cremated When He Dies

Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti has said that he should be cremated when he dies.
The 59-year-old performer made this known during a performance at the New Afrika Shrine on Sunday.
He said: “When I die, please cremate me, burn my body. It’s the most hygienic way.”

Femi wondered what happens to corpses at cemeteries, stating that the cemeteries in Lagos are not filled up.
“Have you thought about Ikoyi cemetery? This Lagos has been in existence for let’s just say 60 years and people die; if they don’t die today, they die tomorrow and that burial ground has never been full.
“And if you check it, it’s not like it’s one million acres since I was little when we used to bury people there,” Kuti said.
The singer also said he would want a reserved funeral that will be attended by close friends and family members.
Cremation is the procedure of reducing a dead body to mainly little bits of bone similar to ash that involves burning the body with intense heat and then by pulverization of bone fragments.

This method of burying the dead is a practice alien in parts of Africa but is gradually being accepted in countries like Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa.