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Hace 5 días · Watch on. "Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon" is a 1982 documentary that captures the essence of Fela Kuti, the pioneer of Afrobeat. Directed by Stéphane Tchal-Gadjieff and Jean Jacques Flori, it offers a compelling look into his life and work. The film is set in Lagos, Nigeria, during Fela’s peak career years.
Hace 2 días · From Fela Kuti to a Kuwaiti take of Alice in Wonderland, the art we discover & grow attached to helps us cope. ... He delivered his mother's coffin to the head of state's house, creating a shrine of resistance. He continued to release songs that criticized the government, ...
Hace 3 días · Throughout im long career Fela bin criticise dose wey dey in charge, notably a succession of military rulers, abusing dem in albums such as Coffin for Head of State.
Hace 5 días · Song of the Day: Fela Kuti, “Opposite People”. by Matt Micucci. Fela Kuti was a major pioneer of the Afrobeat genre – an energetic style of music blending jazz and funk with traditional African rhythms – which he often used to deliver his provocative and powerful sociopolitical lyrics.
Hace 2 días · Fela toured the United States and spent ten months in Los Angeles in 1969 together with his music band. Fela discovered the Black Power movement through Sandra Smith, who is a partisan of the Black Panther Party. This influenced his music, and he renamed the band Nigeria 70.
169 upvotes · 15 comments. on #RAH Mach says, "In the immortal words of fela: '???'" i can't make out what he's saying, let alone translate it. pls help me out if you can i….
Hace 2 días · Frances Olufunmilayo Ransome-Kuti is more than the first woman to drive a car, contrary to what all our history teachers told us. She is a revolutionary, she is an activist, and she is a change agent. The ‘Egba Market women’s plight’ as she called it is none of her business, but she made it her business. She is the first girl to attend ...
