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2 days ago · Rikki Stein, best known for managing Afrobeats progenitor Fela Kuti, has released his memoir titled Moving Music . Rikki Stein. Published on 4 June by Wordville, the memoir explores his six-decade career, providing insights into his experiences with music legends like Jimi Hendrix, The Kinks, The Animals, Bobi Wine and The Grateful Dead.
3 days ago · It's almost impossible to overstate the impact and importance of Fela Anikulapo (Ransome) Kuti (or just Fela as he's more commonly known) to the global musical village: producer, arranger, musician, political radical, outlaw. He was all that, as well as showman par excellence, inventor of Afro-beat, an unredeemable sexist, and a moody megalomaniac.
4 days ago · Afrobeat legend Seun Kuti, son of the late Fela Kuti, has announced the upcoming release of his new album with rock icon Lenny Kravitz serving as executive producer. The album, set to drop on October 4th, 2024, promises to be a thrilling fusion of Afrobeat, rock and soul, with Seun Kuti's signature socially conscious lyrics and infectious grooves.
1 day ago · Fela Kuti: Music is the Weapon (1982) Directed by Stéphane Tchalgadjieff and Jean-Jacques Flori, this documentary explores the life and career of Nigerian music legend, Fela Kuti , highlighting his struggles and triumphs as a musician and political activist.
3 days ago · Fela Kuti, the founder of the prestigious Afrobeat genre, is a pertinacious and persistent music maker that uses his songs and platform to tackle the government on issues of corruption, tyranny and mismanagement.
5 days ago · Fela Kuti created Afrobeat Music out of a fusion of Yoruba traditional rhythms, jazz, highlife, funk, and calypso, which produced a highly danceable and unique music genre. Today, Afrobeat has laid the foundation of modern Afrobeats , which spawned and inspired world-class artists such as Burna Boy , Tiwa Savage , Wizkid and Davido .
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3 days ago · The film tells the tale of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Fela's mother, from her groundbreaking years as the first female pupil at Abeokuta Grammar School to her union with Israel Ransome-Kuti. She and ...
