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    News

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    Photos

    • Fela Kuti - LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: Afrobeat star Femi Kuti (C), the eldest son of legendary Nigerian artist Fela Kuti, appears in a curtain call alongside the cast of the musical Fela! on August 2, 2011 in London, England. Fela! is the Broadway hit and Tony Award-winning musical which celebrates the life of Fela Kuti, and is perforrmed at Sadler's Wells theatre this summer until August 28.
    • Fela Kuti - Femi Kuti, Nigerian musician and son of late Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti, performs during the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival on July 14, 2011 in Montreux. The music festival will last until July 16.
    • Fela Kuti - Artists of 'Fela' Brodway musical perform during a concert in Lagos on April 21, 2011. The spirit of Nigeria's legendary musician and activist Fela Kuti comes alive in Lagos this week with a Broadway musical putting the late Afrobeat icon back on the stage in his proud motherland.
    • Fela Kuti - Sierra Leonean born actor Sahr Ngaujah (R), who plays one of Africa's most well-known musicians Fela Kuti, entertains the audience during a concert in Lagos on April 21, 2011. The spirit of Nigeria's legendary musician and activist Fela Kuti comes alive in Lagos this week with a Broadway musical putting the late Afrobeat icon back on the stage in his proud motherland.
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    Biography

    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. His death on August 3, 1997 of complications from ...more
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