Cremate me when I die – Femi Kuti

<p>Nigerian afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti, has said he would love to be cremated when he dies.</p>, <p>Cremation is the process of reducing a dead body to mostly tiny bits of bone resembling ash that involves exposing the body to flame and intense heat followed by pulverization of bone fragments.</p>, <p>The 59-year-old entertainer said this during a performance at the New Afrika Shrine on Sunday.</p>, <p>Kuti said he wants the funeral attended by close friends and family members without a loud burial ceremony.</p>, <p>He said: “When I die, please cremate me, burn my body. It’s the most hygienic way.”</p>, <p>Femi wondered what happens to corpses at cemeteries, adding that the cemeteries in Lagos are not filled up.</p>, <p>“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.</p>, <p>“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.</p>