Fela Kuti
Born | October 15, 1938 |
Hometown | Abeokuta, Nigeria |
Net worth | $5 million |
Height | 5'7" (1.70m) |
Children | Yeni Kuti |
Parents | Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti , Israel Oludotun Ransome-Kuti |
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Paris exhibition celebrates Fela Kuti, the rebel king of Afrobeat
- The Paris Philharmonie is paying homage to Fela Kuti, pioneer of Afrobeat – a musical current that emerged from Nigeria in a swirl of postcolonial enthusiasm, experimentation and political rebellion. A major exhibition traces the origins of Fela Kuti's pan-African activism and his lasting influence. Born in Nigeria in 1938, Fela Anikulapo Kuti was a household name by the late 1970s and had toured the world by the time of his death in 1997.The exhibition at the Philharmonie's Museum of Music trac
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Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, Dave Okumu: The Solution Is Restless review – subtle and slinky
Joan As Police Woman, Tony Allen, Dave Okumu: The Solution Is Restless review – subtle and slinky. (PIAS)This classy collaboration sounds familiar but unique at the same time, a jazzy musing on what it takes to live
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One to watch: Baba Ali
One to watch: Baba AliStevie Nicks, Sleaford Mods and Fela Kuti are among the touchstones for this free-ranging New Yorker’s adventures in sound Baba Ali. Photograph: William Spooner
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Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s playlist: 10 songs from my travels
Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s playlist: 10 songs from my travelsThe author’s life, literary trips and adventures have taken him across Africa with music as a constant companion Mukoma Wa Ngugi outside Fela Kuti’s The Shring, Lagos, Nigeria. Photograph: Mukoma Wa Ngugi
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Femi Kuti and Made Kuti: Legacy+ review – Afrobeat's first family look forward
Femi Kuti and Made Kuti: Legacy+ review – Afrobeat's first family look forward. (Partisan Records)Divided into two sections, Fela Kuti’s son and grandson rework his signature sound, adding their own political commentary
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TV tonight: Fela Kuti and the birth of afrobeat
TV tonight: Fela Kuti and the birth of afrobeat. A new film examines the Nigerian artist’s cultural identity and legacy of rhythmical protest. Plus: The Valhalla Murders begins. Here’s what to watch this evening
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Fela Kuti’s grandson hails ‘beautiful’ project commemorating the late musician
The plaque was unveiled at Trinity Laban.
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SARS has been ‘disbanded’ but without total systemic reform nothing will change
As young people continue to suffer after empty promises of reform by the authorities following EndSARS protests, Nigeria is still ill-prepared for the challenges ahead
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Stevie Wonder, Festac 1977: a unifying moment of transatlantic black pride
Stevie Wonder, Festac 1977: a unifying moment of transatlantic black prideNigeria’s Festac festival, which cost over a billion dollars in today’s money, was an Olympic Games of pan-African culture – with Stevie Wonder the joyous headliner
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Burna Boy, Twice as Tall, review: Western music's gatekeepers better make some space
At last year’s Grammy Awards, Burna Boy’s fourth album, African Giant, was nominated to some controversy in the Best World Music Album. Critics saw the niche nomination as a snub and an othering of music from outside of the Western sphere. With African Giant's record-breaking 1billion plus streams, (the most streamed African album ever), and mass critical acclaim, Burna Boy could easily have been nominated for Best Album or any of the pop categories. The eventual winner on the night, Beninese si
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A-Z of Music: F is for... Fela Kuti
It’s all the effervescence of James Brown’s funk, sparking against the bold, bright horns of jazz. It’s the entrancing repetition of Yoruban polyrhythms, electrified by the unassailable energy of Ghanaian highlife.It’s Afrobeat, and it’s the sound that sprung from the restless mind of Fela Kuti — a giant of African culture; a musical revolutionary and a political firebrand.
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