Femi Kuti: Why My Father Wouldn't Tweet [Okayafrica TV]
Femi Kuti discusses what his father's relationship with social media would have been, as well as best practices for twitter management.
<p>In the latest OKATV exclusive our friend (and father of <a href="https://twitter.com/Femiakuti" target="_blank">afrotweet</a>) <strong><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/02/05/interview-femi-kuti/" target="_blank">Femi Kuti</a></strong> responds to the 'what ifs' of all 'what ifs': would his father have been on social media? How would <strong>Fela Kuti</strong>'s political troubles have played out if newspapers had been swapped out for twitter and facebook? Femi also shares his own relationship with twitter, dispelling rumors (is 51 year-old Femi really behind all those tweets?) and offering tips for best practices. Watch our interview with the afrotwitter architect below.</p><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f8670b4d9466923d62f46a2bf93e841b"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dl9sDltO8io?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/femi-kuti-fela-kuti-twitter-okayafrica-tv.png"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM4NzAyMC9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY2NjM3NzcwOX0.mIzSqKrbSFah3IdXdOsELblvQpiP5rkrRiEEuxNFUtg/img.png?width=980" id="c62ad" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="a911a8809d116ad85b3172dc3dd66029" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/femi-kuti-afrotweet-okayafrica-tv.png"><img type="lazy-image" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8xMDM4NzAyNC9vcmlnaW4ucG5nIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1Mzc2NjU0Nn0.GE9C-kcdR7ar4MUyAf7IfcPGaOOTMIFcBIvABSffDuw/img.png?width=980" id="dd9b8" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0a2624c9d75756992e50632d8eb50f0f" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image"></a></p>
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