Afrobeat singer Seun Kuti has blamed organised religion for the rape epidemic in Africa, saying women walked around naked for thousands of years before the coming of Christianity and Islam.
Kuti made the point in an Instagram post on Monday. In which he declared that religion and rape culture went hand in hand.
According to him, 95 per cent of rapists are either Christians or Muslims. The 38-year-old said, “Women weren’t created for men. That lie must be erased from your head. It’s not a coincidence that 95 per cent of all rapists are both Christians and Muslims.”
“African women walked around practically naked for 1000s of years so what women wear isn’t an excuse neither. How about the damage the Catholic church is doing to our boys and sharia courts sentencing women who defend themselves from rape to death!!”
“We must fight rape culture. I keep telling you guys; as long as u still respect institutions and ideologies that strengthen rape culture, our women will never be safe.”
Seun’s statement comes two weeks after the Nigerian police arrested actor Olanrewaju Omiyinka, alias Baba Ijesha, for sexually assaulting a minor. It also comes on the heels of the rape and murder of Iniobong Umoren. She was a philosophy graduate of the University of Uyo. Serial rapist Uduak Akpan lured her with a fake job offer and murdered her.
