Fela Kuti's musical style is called Afrobeat. It is a style he largely created, and is a complex fusion of jazz, funk, highlife, psychedelic rock and traditional Nigerian, African chants and rhythms. Afrobeat also borrows heavily from the native "tinker pan". #TonyAllen (Kuti's drummer of twenty years) was instrumental in the creation of Afrobeat. Kuti once stated that "there would be no Afrobeat without #TonyAllen". There were always two or more guitarists. The electric West African style guita
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Fela Kuti's musical style is called Afrobeat. It is a style he largely created, and is a complex fusion of jazz, funk, highlife, psychedelic rock and traditional Nigerian, African chants and rhythms. Afrobeat also borrows heavily from the native "tinker pan". #TonyAllen (Kuti's drummer of twenty years) was instrumental in the creation of Afrobeat. Kuti once stated that "there would be no Afrobeat without #TonyAllen". There were always two or more guitarists. The electric West African style guita
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How Fela Kuti inspired a Talking Heads classic
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Fela Kuti: The Man Who Made Music a Weapon Fela Anikulapo Kuti, born October 15, 1938, in Abeokuta, Nigeria, was more than a musician—he was a revolution armed with a saxophone. The pioneer of Afrobeat, Fela fused American jazz, funk, and traditional Yoruba music into a powerful political weapon that challenged military dictatorships across Africa. After discovering the Black Power Movement during a 1969 trip to Los Angeles, where he met Sandra Smith of the Black Panther Party, Fela's music beca
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Fela Kuti: The Man Who Made Music a Weapon Fela Anikulapo Kuti, born October 15, 1938, in Abeokuta, Nigeria, was more than a musician—he was a revolution armed with a saxophone. The pioneer of Afrobeat, Fela fused American jazz, funk, and traditional Yoruba music into a powerful political weapon that challenged military dictatorships across Africa. After discovering the Black Power Movement during a 1969 trip to Los Angeles, where he met Sandra Smith of the Black Panther Party, Fela's music beca
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Remembering the great Fela Kuti who was born this week in 1938. He was regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, which fused American blues, jazz, and funk with traditional Yoruba music. Fela’s musical life spanned through a period of almost four decades, from the 1960s through to the 1990s. Following his 1969 tour of the United States, where he was influenced by the politics of Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, Kuti’s music became increasingly politicized. Initially he sang songs that were
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Remembering the great Fela Kuti who was born this week in 1938. He was regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, which fused American blues, jazz, and funk with traditional Yoruba music. Fela’s musical life spanned through a period of almost four decades, from the 1960s through to the 1990s. Following his 1969 tour of the United States, where he was influenced by the politics of Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, Kuti’s music became increasingly politicized. Initially he sang songs that were
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Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has become the first African artist to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, honoured posthumously in Los Angeles for his music and political resistance. #news
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Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has become the first African artist to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, honoured posthumously in Los Angeles for his music and political resistance. #news
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