Seun Kuti opposes using physical punishment to discipline kids.

Kuti recently shared his opinion that using physical discipline on African children is abusive and causes long-lasting damage in an interview with Phyna, the star of Big Brother Naija.
Seun Kuti claimed that he learned the value of resolving disputes amicably as a child since his legendary father, Fela Kuti, used non-violent forms of discipline in their home. "As African children, we're all abused, and we all have the trauma of abuse," he said, looking back on his early years. But my father did not think that spanking us kids was acceptable."

Kuti said that his father had occasionally used physical punishment. "I beat my sister, which is why I was the reason he beat me once."He never liked me fighting my older sister because she's a girl, she was older but she always did some bullsh*t."

However, Kuti disclosed that his mother, who used more conventional forms of punishment, had a big influence on how he saw the world.  "My mum, on the other hand, used to kick my a**. Oh my God, that woman beat the sh**t out of me."

Phyna interrupted the discussion and emphasized the importance of moms disciplining their children. Kuti, though, did not back down from his opposition to corporal punishment. "Beating someone up is wrong in any manner, especially if they are in your care. Because it's barbarous, Africans never used to beat their kids," he continued.

Seun Kuti's opposition to physical punishment initiates an important discussion on other methods for establishing discipline in African homes.