Majek Fashek: How Reggae legend spent last decade of his life battling alcoholism, drug addiction

Reggae music legend, Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly known as Majek Fashek who passed on Monday night dominated Nigerian and African music scene for over two decades before his slide to infamy in the last decade of his life.

In Nigeria, he was one of the early proponents of reggae music which was first developed in Jamaica before it spread throughout Africa. Reggae is generally believed to be a revolutionary song used to express pain, struggle, address societal ills and call politica...