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A study of Nigerian musician and political critic Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. It demonstrates that over three decades Fela synthesized a unique musical language while also clearing a space for popular political dissent and a type of counter-cultural expression rarely seen in West Africa.

Knitting Factory Records is excited to release Fela! The Original Broadway Cast recording. Based on the life of groundbreaking African composer and performer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, FELA! Is the critically acclaimed Broadway musical that uses Fela's music to explore his life as an artist, political activist and revolutionary musician. The New York Times, Time Magazine, Time Out NY and New York magazine have all called it the "Best of 2009!". Features 16 Fela compositions performed by the incomparab

2014 vinyl LP pressing reissue. Originally recorded in 1971 and 1978 by Fela Kuti's band, Africa 70, with the addition of former Cream drummer Ginger Baker, this album contains 4 songs plus a bonus track 16-minute drum duet between Baker and Africa 70's drummer Tony Allen recorded at the 1978 Berlin Jazz Festival.

Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense: A huge influence on world music, Nigerian artist Fela Kuti played many instruments, pioneered Afrobeat music and served as a prominent activist for human rights in Africa. This 1984 documentary examines the life and music of the remarkable man. Using his music to raise awareness, Kuti embraced social justice themes. He died in 1997 of complications from AIDS. Footage from his legendary show in Glastonbury, England, is included. (59 minutes) Berliner Jazztage '78:

African superstar, composer, singer, and musician, as well as mystic and political activist, Nigerian Fela Kuti, born in 1938, was controversy personified. He was swept to international celebrity on a wave of scandal and flamboyance, and when he died of AIDS in 1997, more than a million people attended his funeral. But what was he really like, this man who could as easily arouse violent hostility as he could unswerving loyalty?  Carlos Moore's unique biography, based on hours of conversation and told in Fela's first-person vernacular, reveals the icon's complex personality and tumultuous existence. Moore includes interviews with fifteen of his queens (wives); photos; and an updated discography.

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The Complete Works CD Box Set contains 51 albums on 29 CDs spanning Fela's entire career. This new Deluxe Edition includes bonus rarities plus two previously unreleased tracks. The box set also contains DVD documentary 'A Slice Of Fela,' which features live performances from Berlin Jazz festival and Glastonbury, as well as a 52-page booklet with Fela's biography and album commentaries by Chris May.

Olaniyan has given us a profound and beautifully integrated book which culminates in a persuasive interpretation of the relationship between Fela’s apparently incompatible presentational selves.... The book’s accessible and evocative prose is in itself a kind of homage to Fela’s continual ability to seduce and astonish.... This is such an attractive book you feel like... ransacking your collection for Fela tapes." ―Karin Barber... an indispensable companion to Fela’s music and a rich source of information for studies in modern African popular music." ―Akin EubaArrest the Music! is a lively musical study of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, one of Africa’s most recognizable, popular, and controversial musicians. The flamboyant originator of the "Afrobeat" sound and self-proclaimed voice of the voiceless, Fela used music, sharp-tongued lyrics, and derisive humor to challenge the shortcomings of Nigerian and postcolonial African states. Looking at the social context, instrumentation, lyrics, visual art, people, and organizations through which Fela produced his music, Tejumola Olaniyan offers a wider, more suggestive perspective on Fela and his impact on listeners in all parts of the world. Placing Fela front and center, Olaniyan underscores important social issues such as authenticity, racial and cultural identity, the relationship of popular culture to radical politics, and the meaning of postcolonialism, nationalism, and globalism in contemporary Africa. Readers interested in music, culture, society, and politics, whether or not they know Fela and his music, will find this work invaluable for understanding the career of an African superstar and the politics of popular culture in contemporary Africa.African Expressive Cultures―Patrick McNaughton, general editor

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Covers and music inspired by the Godfather of Afro-Beat Includes rare and previously unreleased music from Nigeria, Ghana, Colombia, Trinidad and more. He's best known by his first name: Fela. He's certainly Nigeria's most famous musical export. His name itself conjures images of 70s Lagos. A metropolis awash in the jubilation that swept in after the 1970 armistice in the civil war between the Nigerian Army and Eastern Biafran secessionists. A capital city in the midst of transition. This is the

Afrobeat. Politics. Spirits. August 2 1997. Africa's foremost musician, the mysterious and magical Fela Anikulapo Kuti dies from Aids complications. He had invented a new musical genre called Afrobeat which was a fusion of African rhythms, jazz and funk. In his music heavily laced with politics and spirituality, he probed possibilities and reflected on our existence. The author took down notes when Fela and four other members of the Afrika 70 Organisation were charged with murder in 1993.

Afrobeat. Politics. Spirits. August 2 1997. Africa's foremost musician, the mysterious and magical Fela Anikulapo Kuti dies from Aids complications. He had invented a new musical genre called Afrobeat which was a fusion of African rhythms, jazz and funk. In his music heavily laced with politics and spirituality, he probed possibilities and reflected on our existence. The author took down notes when Fela and four other members of the Afrika 70 Organisation were charged with murder in 1993.

The soundtrack to the film FINDING FELA which tells the story of Fela Kuti's life, his music, and his social and political importance. This in-depth look at the man who created Afrobeat (the fusion of Jazz, traditional West African rhythms, Funk, Highlife, and psychedelic rock) includes 17 of Fela's classic tracks plus a never-before released live version of 'Colonial Mentality' recorded at the New Afrika Shine in Fela's hometown of Lagos and features Femi Kuti on saxophone. with his audacious m

Finding Fela, directed by Academy Award winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side), tells the remarkable story of Fela Anikulapo-Kutis life, his music, and his social and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afro beat, a combination of jazz, funk, and Nigerian percussion styles. It was also a political force, a propulsive delivery system of Fela's revolutionary ideas, pitched against the dictatorial Nigerian government of the 1970s and 1980s. His influence helped br

Finding Fela, directed by Academy Award winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side), tells the remarkable story of Fela Anikulapo-Kutis life, his music, and his social and political importance. He created a new musical movement, Afrobeat, a combination of jazz, funk, and Nigerian percussion styles. It was also a political force, a propulsive delivery system of Fela's revolutionary ideas, pitched against the dictatorial Nigerian government of the 1970s and 1980s. His influence helped bri

The Good, The Bad & The Queen, which features Albarn alongside The Clashs Paul Simonon, The Verves Simon Tong, and Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, released their self-titled debut album way back in 2007. Albarn has called the long-awaited follow-up record an ode to the North of England, one which he worked on with David Bowie producer Tony Visconti.

Dutch producer Philou Louzolo reaches for that sweet spot between Afro and electro to produce three pulsing tracks. With his tracks being picked up by the likes of Erol Alkan and Eats Everything, this EP is sure to provide a rhythmic backdrop for summer. If you imagine the driving force of Fela Kuti matched with the acid squelch of Phuture, you're part of the way there. It's dancefloor sunshine on vinyl.