Fela Kuti
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Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (born 1938 in Abeokuta, Nigeria) began his career playing jazz and highlife. He formed his first band in London in 1959 while studying at Trinity College of Music. In the early 1970s, Fela created Afrobeat, which rapidly became the most avidly followed style across West Africa. Afrobeat’s revolutionary politics brought Fela into violent conflict with successive Nigerian military regimes, which made many attempts to suppress him and once sent in the army to burn down his communal home, Kalakuta Republic. Fela refused to be silenced. He rebuilt Kalakuta and at his Lagos club, the Afrika Shrine, continued to make fierce, and always supremely danceable, music until a few weeks before his passing in 1997. Fela’s legacy lives on through his family. Read more about Fela's life here: felakuti.com Sign-up to the mailing list here: https://FelaKuti.lnk.to/mailinglist Please remember to subscribe to support the channel. Thank you.
Water No Get Enemy
Fela Kuti · 681K views · 58y ago
Fela Kuti - Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense (LP)
Fela Kuti · 3.2M views · 10 years ago
Fela Kuti - Open and Close (LP)
Fela Kuti · 1.7M views · 9 years ago
Fela Kuti - Sorrow Tears & Blood (Original Extended Version)
Fela Kuti · 2M views · 13 years ago
Fela Kuti - Gentleman (LP)
Fela Kuti · 491K views · 11 years ago
Fela Kuti - Zombie
Fela Kuti · 3.1M views · 10 years ago
Fela Kuti - Live With Ginger Baker (LP)
Fela Kuti · 318K views · 11 years ago
Fela Kuti - Lady
Fela Kuti · 3.8M views · 11 years ago
Sir Paul McCartney - Thoughts On Fela
Fela Kuti · 156K views · 12 years ago
Fela Kuti - Colonial Mentality
Fela Kuti · 505K views · 10 years ago
Water No Get Enemy
Fela Kuti · 428K views · 58y ago
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and Egypt 80 - Beasts Of No Nation, Live at the Zenith, Paris in 1984
Fela Kuti · 4.1M views · 13 years ago
Fela Kuti - Roforofo Fight (LP)
Fela Kuti · 438K views · 10 years ago