Fela Kuti

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Birth Name: Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti

Born: 15 October 1938 Died: 2 August 1997

Country of origin: Nigeria

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Listal's 100 best Music Artists(The Results) (100 items)
list by propelas

Published 13 years ago

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (420 items)
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Published 2 years, 4 months ago

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Black Achievers (94 items)
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Published 9 years, 8 months ago

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Deep, sweet and cool: classic black music (29 items)
list by Kenji

Published 9 years, 2 months ago

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Notable Africans (54 items)
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Published 9 years ago

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Description: THE PHENOMENON Over a decade after his death, vindication has come to Fela Kuti, Africa's funk mogul and musical genius. AfroBeat, his gift to the world, is now an international staple on his own uncompromising terms, social content intact. Throughout his life, Fela contended that AfroBeat was a modern form of danceable, African classical music with an urgent message for the planet's denizens. Created out of a cross-breeding of Funk, Jazz, Salsa and Calypso with Juju, Highlife and African percussive patterns, it was to him a political weapon. Fela refused to bow to the music industry's preference for 3-minute tracks, no ... (more)