Popular Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti, has explained why he would like for his remains to be cremated when he dies.
Speaking at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos on Sunday, Femi Kuti submitted that cremation is the most hygienic way of disposing a dead person.
‘When I die, please cremate me, burn my body. It is the most hygienic way,‘ he was quoted by Goldmyne TV.
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‘Have you all 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 will die tomorrow and that burial ground has never been full and if you check it, it is not like it’s one million acres since I was little when we used to bury people there.’
Africa Today News, New York reports that cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. It may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India and Nepal, cremation on an open-air pyre is an ancient tradition.
It is not as popular in Nigeria although it is not entirely new.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK